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another security through obscurity article

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peragrin

Apr 08, 2004
4:33 AM EDT 		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.
ralsina

Apr 08, 2004
9:50 AM EDT 		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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