Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 18:50:43 -0400 From: Matthew Hagerty <mhagerty@voyager.net> To: Patrick Simon <patsimon12@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: just how many known viruses are there for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20010801183730.018f6610@pop.voyager.net> In-Reply-To: <20010801221246.52013.qmail@web14608.mail.yahoo.com>
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Patrick, There are not really any "viruses" on UN*X systems, simply due to the nature of how a UN*X system works. It is not like your normal desktop workstation, and there are certainly not (usually) novice users poking around on the box. The security model that UN*X systems are built on makes it almost impossible for a program [virus] to do any kind of damage, so people don't waste their time trying to write UN*X viruses and simply concentrate on an easier platform... enter Windows. Viruses for a UN*X system are usually in the form of a human parasite known as a "cracker" or "script-kiddie" trying for breach your system and install a backdoor. As for convincing your boss, well, if he won't listen and trust his IT people then I would ask him what he hired you for? I suppose you could throw up some names like Yahoo! and say "look, Yahoo! uses FreeBSD..." Windows has its place, but being a high-volume secure web server is *not* one of them. Good luck, Matthew At 03:12 PM 8/1/2001 -0700, Patrick Simon wrote: >To whom it may concern, > >I am wondering (in order to convince my boss) about >the feasibility of using FreeBSD as a webserver >instead of Win2000 running IIS. > >In particular, I was wondering just how many known >viruses there are for FreeBSD. > >Regards, > >Patrick. > >===== >"Some climb up among the rocks." - Jeremiah 4:29 >---------------------------- >Patrick Simon >Employee/Student - QUT >I use this account when email.qut.edu.au is sluggish >Please continue to mail me at patsimon12@cyberdude.com >---------------------------- > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger >http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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