__/ [ thad01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Wednesday 25 April 2007 16:26 \__
> William Poaster <wp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Is Kapersky trying to drum up trade, as the Windoze market shrinks? You'd
>> think that as 65% of the internet runs on Apache/Linux servers (Netcraft
>> figures), malware writers would already be attacking Linux.
>
> Attacks on linux tend to be much more focused and oriented on individual
> systems. The diversity of linux installations make any worm/virus like
> attack difficult to propagate even when exploits exist. Most of the
> attacks I see in my logs are just brute force password guessing (easily
> stopped by the standard security). Technology that randomizes the
> stack position can even protect against unknown buffer overflow attacks.
Kapersky sells patches/flaws. He is out there to create fear.
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