[PLUG] Linux /Windows virus appears (fwd)

[Sandy Herring]

On Wed, 05 Jun 2002, Neil Anuskiewicz wrote: 
[...]
> Is Linux pretty much immune from devastating virusus  by virtue of
> the fact that it can do only so much damage in user space? Well, I guess
> immune is too strong a word but highly resistant would be apprpriat?
[...]

I think the main exposure for well maintained linux boxen is file access to
Samba shares from infected Windoze PCs.

Sandy
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