Re: [school-discuss] Help in persuading

[tom poe <tompoe@renonevada.net>]

On Friday 26 April 2002 18:18, Alex wrote:
> Well, McAffee has a page that lists all of the known virii. I forget where
> it is exactly, but you can browse. This page is incredibly helpful showing
> the 4000-some-odd Windoze virii, alongside the 2 or 3 UNIX nasties.
>
> You can also peruse www.linux.org for security HOWTOs that do a great job
> of explaining why Linux won't spread a virus designed for Outlook and
> VBScripts and ActiveX controls. Also, check out the W3C security FAQ at
> www.w3c.org. Then point out that Windows is the only OS that ever showed up
> on that FAQ with only a recommendation that you do not use it because it is
> insecure. Nothing else, just a recommendation that you don't even use it.
>
> You can also tell your uneducated colleagues that I get about 100 hits a
> day from Nimda on my Linux server for the past few months and it has yet to
> crash or pass a virus on to another machine. You can give them my email
> address if they want me to send them my access logs to prove it.
>
> Tell them they're hypocrites using an inherently insecure system, applying
> a band-aid and then professing to be concerned about security. Tell them to
> get a real system. If they email me I'll send them a free copy of a real
> system.
>
> And if they ask, my job is administering Windows machines, so yes I know
> Windows very well.
>
> Alex Heizer
> http://www.synchcorp.com/alex
> http://www.synchcorp.com/alexheizer
>
> tom poe wrote:
> > On Friday 26 April 2002 17:39, Dave Prentice wrote:
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> > > Hi guys,
> > >       I have snuck in 2 Linux boxes to my school network, but I am
> > > concerned about what will happen when I try to get questions answered
> > > about connectivity. The school district got badly burned a few months
> > > ago with the Nimda virus, so they want all PCs to access the school
> > > network through the "Panda" antivirus filter. Since it only works for
> > > Windows, and since nobody in the district knows anything about Linux,
> > > they might try to make me take my machines offline. Does anyone have
> > > documentation showing that Linux (specifically RH 7.2) doesn't need
> > > anything like Panda to prevent virus spread?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Dave Prentice
> > > prentice@instruction.com

Hey, Alex:  No need for overkill here.  The poor guy just wanted some  - - -

Wow!  That's amazing stuff.  May I pass this up the line to Judge 
Patel-Koller, or whoever it is, that's deciding M$'s "penalty", and our 
Congress?  Thanks, will do.   :-)
Thanks,
Tom Poe
Reno, NV
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