On Monday 09 October 2006 09:50, Devdas Bhagat wrote:
GNU/Linux will be virus free. After all, it takes more than the GNU software and the Linux kernel for a virus to gain hold. Finally though, security is in the hands of the administrator, and most end users are _not_ administrators by choice.
This is precisely the kind of attitude that makes Linux users fall flat on their faces. Dude, be realistic, any system is NOT perfectly secure. There are always bugs around so there are always ways and means to exploit them. Granted Linux is inherently more secure than windows and its a pain to write viruses but that doesnt mean there are NO viruses or a Linux system is /perfectly/ secure. As you have pointed out yourself later on incompetent, irresponsible admins / users can mess up any system.