Date:         Thu, 25 Sep 2003 18:50:50 -0600
Reply-To:     tom ring <taring@TARING.ORG>
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From:         tom ring <taring@TARING.ORG>
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Subject:      Re: Strange messages-- infected file
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Yes, and the major difference is that they do not propagate by email, so you
_generally_ need to be directly targeted by a bad guy.

The places that get hit are also almost always commercial, not private.  And
they usually do it to host a warez site, a nice private chat room, or as a
shell site to hop to the next victim.  They tend not to attract attention to
the fact they did anything.  I have seen systems that were cracked for over a
year with no symptoms at all before discovery.

Very different, indeed.

tom

On 25 Sep 2003 at 8:59, Don Preston wrote:

> <quote>There aren't even any viruses capable of attacking a linux computer.
> Woohoo!
> -wes
> </quote>
>
> This is so, so wrong. In fact, over the last year there have been more
> exploits reported for Linux than WinXP or Server2k3.
>
> Please verify your facts before posing just obviously wrong information.
>
> Don Preston
> '87 Wolfy GL ASI
> ~Betsy the Mp3 Bus~
>


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Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW  EN34hx
85 Westphalia GL Albert
96 Jetta GL The Intimidator
taring@taring.org

"It is better to go into a turn slow, and come out fast, than to go into a turn fast
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