Linux security

[Daniel Carrera]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> The hard part with a Linux virus is not writing it, it's *deploying* 
> it.

Okay, why are they harder to deploy? You're just nit-picking on terms. 
The point is trying to figure out if Linux is less vulnerable to malware.

> A possible solution is to overhaul the OS in such a way that data 
> files can be tagged as writable only by specified apps i.e. only 
> *this* signed copy of OO.o can write to *that* .odt file. I really 
> don't think this is workable, the admin burden and inconvenience will 
> be large.

SELinux to the rescue?

Cheers,
Daniel.
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