Linux infection proves Windows malware monopoly is over

[Basil Chupin]

On 15/06/10 21:02, Amedee Van Gasse (ub) wrote:
> On Tue, June 15, 2010 09:41, Basil Chupin wrote:
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>> On 15/06/10 15:22, Christopher Chan wrote:
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>>> Linux operating systems do not get infected. There are no virii that
>>> work on Linux. You can get trojaned or rootkitted but you won't get self
>>> replicating malware. Linux operating systems get cracked. And that has
>>> always been the only means of dropping malware.
>>>        
>> Do I have things wrong and not fully understand the implications of
>> "security" and "cracking" and "hacking"...I do admit ignorance in this
>> field.
>>      
> cracking = getting access to restriced resources by unauthorised means
> hacking = programming in a very competent way
>
>    
>> But isn't there an annual competition where the person who
>> "hacks"/"cracks" the Windows or MAC or Linux system earns a prize of
>> (?)$1000 plus the expensive laptop on which that OS was installed?
>>
>> And so far the only one not "cracked"/"hacked" has been Linux?
>>
>> Am I right? I would - seriously - like to be told that I am wrong in
>> what I just stated.
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> So far Linux has not yet been cracked within the time frame alotted to the
> participants in that cracking contest. For three simple reasons:
> * The concept is pwn2own: the winner gets the cracked machine, and Apple
> hardware is more popular (perhaps for resale value?)
> * The contest stops as soon as the first machine is cracked.
> * Give the participants more time, and more tools than they are allowed to
> bring with them, and they *will* crack Linux.
>    

Simple solution: triple, or even multiply it for a bigger factor, the 
prize money for the cracking the Linux OS. Linux people could even 
contribute to the prize money as a PR exercise.

BC

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