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From: FromTheRafters on 25 Jan 2010 10:37 "David Kaye" <sfdavidkaye2(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:hjjgtk$cee$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... > George Orwell <nobody(a)mixmaster.it> wrote: > >>Some of you have been shilling AV products here for years. >>Heaven forbid Microsoft become virus resistant for fear that >>you would all commit suicide like a bunch of lemmings. > > One of the latest infections is served up by Linux web servers > exploiting a > Javascript flaw in Adobe Acrobat. So, it's not just Windows. Care to post a link to an article about the vulnerability that you are referring to? Anyway, Linux can't be blamed for malware that runs within another environment hosted by the Linux environment - unless the malware depends upon exploiting a vulnerability in the OS itself.
From: David Kaye on 25 Jan 2010 16:00 "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous(a)example.invalid> wrote: >Please explain why you think this is a Linux problem or vulnerability? Because the website was hosted on a Linux machine and the infection came from a visit to that site?
From: Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 25 Jan 2010 16:33 David Kaye wrote: > "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous(a)example.invalid> wrote: >> Please explain why you think this is a Linux problem or >> vulnerability? > > Because the website was hosted on a Linux machine and the infection > came from a visit to that site? I am still curious as to why you think a PDF file infected with a Windows OS exploit would lead you to believe Linux was at fault. I did ask you what you would think if the web hosting software was Microsoft IIS on a Windows server, but you didn't respond. In the normal world, web hosts don't care a whit what files are served up by their web site customers. In other words, the operating system and web hosting software of a web host has nothing to do with the files that webmasters place there for your downloading pleasure. Shouldn't that be clear? Think of this also: I'm using Linux here at home. Someone sends me an email with an infected file attached. It does nothing to my Linux computer, because it can't. I, perhaps acting irresponsibly, forward this email to all my friends - who use Windows - and they open the attachment and infect themselves. Is Linux at fault? Do you still have a link to that site/page? -- -bts -Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul
From: David Kaye on 25 Jan 2010 17:18 "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous(a)example.invalid> wrote: >I am still curious as to why you think a PDF file infected with a >Windows OS exploit would lead you to believe Linux was at fault. I already answered that question. >I did >ask you what you would think if the web hosting software was Microsoft >IIS on a Windows server, but you didn't respond. I don't respond to each and every comment by everyone, especially someone who hides behind a pseudonym. Feel lucky that you got a response from me at all.
From: Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 25 Jan 2010 19:27
David Kaye wrote: > I don't respond to each and every comment by everyone, especially > someone who hides behind a pseudonym. Feel lucky that you got a > response from me at all. Ha! You already did. You think "George Orwell" is the poster's name you responded to? And still: Linux on that server is not responsible for you getting yourself infected. I guess now you're not going to bother to tell us the link to the page... -- -bts -Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul |