Re: [OT] New Anti-Terrorism Law makes "hacking" punishable by life in prison

From: Daniel Phillips (phillips@bonn-fries.net)
Date: Mon Oct 01 2001 - 07:00:36 EST


On September 30, 2001 11:16 pm, M. Edward Borasky wrote:
> 2. The Linux community should *not* believe that we are less vulnerable than
> Microsoft! We are less vulnerable *now* only because Linux is not as
> widespread as Windows.

I try hard not to feed the trolls or engage in advocacy on this list, but
this time I can't resist supplying a quote from your mail headers:

    X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
    X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0)
    X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're really just a
half-deprogrammed dual-booter[1] rather than a genuine troll, so consider
this please: Linux is less vulnerable to worm attacks because our security
is an open process in which everybody participates. End of story.

Note that this does not give us any reason to relax: it's a process, it has
to continue.

If you must debate this further could you please respond privately.

[1] It's not a reason to be ashamed, many of us have been there

--
Daniel
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