Re: mailx (how is it able to send email?!?)

On Monday 25 December 2006 15:47, J.O. Aho <user@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
alt.os.linux:

Bit Twister wrote:
On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 14:46:35 +0000, Robert Hull wrote:
The other reason being the more important one - they just plain
can't work

Robert, thats just bull, trojans works as fine,

Trojans are not now, nor ever have been viruses. Neither would Trojans
depend upon the location of a configuration file; Which - although you
snipped it from your response - was your original suggestion for why
viruses are not written.

no matter what OS,
script using bugs in software works

Security exploits are not now nor ever have they been viruses Which -
although you snipped it from your response - was your original point to
which I was responding.

as fine as viruses.

You are right that many of these work as well as viruses - i.e. not at
all - but unfortunately, there are also many which *do* work.

There is not one viable virus in the wild that can automatically run on
a Linux system. Since being able to run automatically - without user
intervention of any sort - and being able to self-replicate are
integral parts of the definition of a computer virus that means that
viruses don't work.

When you find someone who has managed to get beyond the security system
in Linux and make a virus that can be run without user intervention and
self-replicate into other parts of the system in such a way as to be
automatically executed then we can continue the discussion.

If you want to start new discussions about security exploits and Trojan
Horses, that's fine, but please stop trying to mix them up with
viruses.
--
Robert HULL

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