05-06-2003, 07:34 AM
Hail Nico,
Comparatively. Compared to a Windows machine, MacOS is more secure than a bank. Viri are less common; as are trojans and other goodies. Most people use Windows-based machines, so these are the machines people target. I tend to have the same attitude to my machine: I'm sitting here thinking whatever they throw out, it'll not touch my GNU/Linux machine. They *could* target them, but would they? I have serious doubts. The only person immune to anything is the guy with a PC that does not have any outside connections - ANY! Well, even then you could technically screw it by directly accessing the hardware, but you have to get into his house, and that's illegal - of cause, viri are apparently quite legal to release ;) Nay, not immune, but secure? Aye, I would say my system is darn secure: the sys admin cannot even detect my presence on the network, let alone anyone access this system :P
Nah, I'm more interested to see the retaliation should they actually do this. Would some POed Crackers access their machines and release their own viri on them? Or perhaps go the whole hog and just melt the machines ;)
Oh, and the sky is a bluey grey in Melbourne at the moment. In my world though, it all depends really: sometimes I write is as a pinkey red, others an orange, sometimes blue, grey is good for setting a mood... oh, you didn't mean Temmarendil? Woops!
Want music? Get free music that the artists release for free themselves. People often complain about them because they are not `real musicians' - which is quite a stupid comment, but ignoring that - but they are actually quite good. I have a nice little mp3 collection of such music, and it's rather a rather entertaining compliment to the radio (where I get the bigger names).
Comparatively. Compared to a Windows machine, MacOS is more secure than a bank. Viri are less common; as are trojans and other goodies. Most people use Windows-based machines, so these are the machines people target. I tend to have the same attitude to my machine: I'm sitting here thinking whatever they throw out, it'll not touch my GNU/Linux machine. They *could* target them, but would they? I have serious doubts. The only person immune to anything is the guy with a PC that does not have any outside connections - ANY! Well, even then you could technically screw it by directly accessing the hardware, but you have to get into his house, and that's illegal - of cause, viri are apparently quite legal to release ;) Nay, not immune, but secure? Aye, I would say my system is darn secure: the sys admin cannot even detect my presence on the network, let alone anyone access this system :P
Nah, I'm more interested to see the retaliation should they actually do this. Would some POed Crackers access their machines and release their own viri on them? Or perhaps go the whole hog and just melt the machines ;)
Oh, and the sky is a bluey grey in Melbourne at the moment. In my world though, it all depends really: sometimes I write is as a pinkey red, others an orange, sometimes blue, grey is good for setting a mood... oh, you didn't mean Temmarendil? Woops!
Want music? Get free music that the artists release for free themselves. People often complain about them because they are not `real musicians' - which is quite a stupid comment, but ignoring that - but they are actually quite good. I have a nice little mp3 collection of such music, and it's rather a rather entertaining compliment to the radio (where I get the bigger names).
May the wind pick up your heels and your sword strike true.