[ubuntu-uk] <O/T>Tablet security!

[Chris Rowson]

On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Pete <psmouty at live.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Probably a mute point, and I have no wish to feed a troll, but on TV
> earlier they were advertising 'Norton Tablet Security' for Android tablets,
> given the close similarity between Android and LINUX / UNIX based systems
> (I believe Android started out as open source based on LINUX), is it now
> essential to install an Anti-virus / anti malware on our systems?
>
> Just got me thinking thats all.
>
> Regards
>
> Pete.
>
>
Linux is a kernel and Android is an operating system which uses the Linux
kernel.

I guess the vectors for attack on an Android system are going to be
different from a say - an Ubuntu system.

I know it's probably weird to bring Windows into the equation but it
demonstrates my point quite well. 70% of the vulnerabilities in MS Windows
from the past 5 years wouldn't have affected server core even though it
uses the same kernel. Why? Because it is missing many of the 'features' of
the full version (like a GUI for instance) which reduces it's attack vector.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_2008#Server_Core

Just goes to show, that the majority of vulnerabilities are in parts of the
operating system other than the kernel...

Chris
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