From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-130166-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1RHiVD-0007Eo-3b for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:49:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A39E721C078; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:48:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out5.smtp.messagingengine.com (out5.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6944421C029 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:48:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.43]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2472820268 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:48:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.161]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:48:02 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=binarywings.net; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; s=mesmtp; bh=nSfldwy3LC1mcxqYd53oBNW/ r6E=; b=JOqHzgBgxN64g0rhNQlPVb2qoMBhX0DsEes0wMm8vxVEW7HzREPOnP/r SY7J1trynd36WDyU13A8BdrpG4Be39SNYnxt9tGRKCm+IKVfQkX3OmfuVR0ZJ1mm FT3knfwQKxKow1ZsnuHqPy/6P84buE1diN0YvdL6WtDPqzWgC4s= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type; s=smtpout; bh=nSfl dwy3LC1mcxqYd53oBNW/r6E=; b=CnktY2ov5+xmY4XKxKqddoWEdI2QasRogAIp F2Pyf7BVp8Ur1pRsHmn7GNJR2ib/4y9oDvr+S2ATHpsryEL0pZrQMYRAuByn+edQ G0kRQiUNoTvfoO1wRJF2d7xOWrx/vwWrGF5yktojqQVMs1d9FjjHnbpu/ADnwxMt MjzajiE= X-Sasl-enc: G430UsBHDfRqWQmaRXJ0b2aLzF0qv6EomiPbZTD05FYF 1319316481 Received: from [192.168.5.18] (serv.binarywings.net [83.169.5.6]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 127DE4833FC for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:48:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4EA32BFA.1050000@binarywings.net> Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:47:54 +0200 From: Florian Philipp <lists@binarywings.net> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.20) Gecko/20110925 Lightning/1.0b3pre Thunderbird/3.1.12 Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Which desktop antivirus? References: <201110221227.43568.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <j7u9sq$f6l$1@dough.gmane.org> <CAC=wYCFjbAPz0dXUkY-VCqjE_B9vQ5K6uEujNsdq3gbFqzMmpQ@mail.gmail.com> <j7umjv$qt9$1@dough.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <j7umjv$qt9$1@dough.gmane.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig8817F837B2FD685D6C562343" X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 59b320794e516bcdb6ff1f0dbc237e96 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig8817F837B2FD685D6C562343 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am 22.10.2011 17:14, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: > On 10/22/2011 05:07 PM, Adam Carter wrote: >>> there aren't any Linux viruses, >> >> Except for the ones listed on the page below, which is probably >> incomplete. >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware >> >> But yeah, on a linux desktop (especially a Gentoo one) you don't need >> a virus scanner. Yet. >=20 > There are literally *millions* of Windows viruses. The Wikipedia page > just proves Linux has virtually no viruses, and those listed don't even= > work anymore (exploits have been patched long ago.) Most existing Linu= x > malware targets servers (like PHP software exploits in forums, wikis, > etc) and desktop users don't need to worry. >=20 > Furthermore, even if there were enough Linux viruses to worry about, > there isn't a good way of getting infected. On Windows, you download > random executables from the net. On Gentoo, you install your stuff > through portage. It's nearly impossible to get infected. >=20 Unless you hijack one of the portage mirrors or stage a man-in-the-middle attack. Only a few manifest files in the official portage tree are signed with PGP and even there I don't think emerge checks the keys, only the normal hash keys. That is something that bugs me for ages. 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