Linux security

[Peter Garrett]

On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:24:08 +0100
mhearn <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:

> Currently I'd say there's nothing protecting Linux against malware and
> viruses. It's easy to write a virus that say exploits one of these:
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> http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html
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> and which then hooks itself into startup scripts or the session manager
> so it can relay spam or do the encrypted-document-ransom thing.

Does the diversity of desktops and window managers offer any protection? I
was thinking, if you want to add something to a start-up script, do you
put it in ~/.gnomerc, ~/.xsession, ~/.xinitrc, ~/.kde/Autostart/foo.sh ,
~/.bashrc  :
- or just put one in each? 

Would it not be likely that someone who looks at the contents of their
$HOME regularly would notice such an addition? I admit that the
average user would be unlikely to notice, though.

Peter

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