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Growing acceptance of Linux has dark side

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The Globe and Mail; By Grant Buckler
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The growing acceptance of Linux is good news for fans of the open-source operating system, but it is not without a dark side. If the mainstream market pays more attention to Linux, so will people who write viruses and worms and break into computer systems.

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When was the last *nix worm??? last one I know of was 1988

Yes any system can be hacked into. Any system that features remote access in the default setups (SSH) will give a better edge to hackers. From there on the differences are know because how many nix systems propogate a virus the way windows does--- answer none. By simpling not launching executables in emails the number of viruses affected drops by 90%.

(50% of all statistics are made up)

I thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.
There was one at least in 2001, the Ramen worm:

http://www.sans.org/y2k/ramen.htm

I am pretty sure there were others later. Not many, but not 1988 either ;-)

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