From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54DC41381F3 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 04:12:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7C163E09E2; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 04:12:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gg0-f175.google.com (mail-gg0-f175.google.com [209.85.161.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6C134E09C5 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 04:12:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-gg0-f175.google.com with SMTP id q1so2203159ggm.6 for ; Tue, 09 Jul 2013 21:12:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=iCXq7DIamtS7gNkvXNvX2hFOQmPl3x7XulmmFlNPg5g=; b=rF2HHSr5Ug4L13opgAJDq9lnHe43DbY2foH+Zfza8eptNdma+hBt0FL7Hzk45ZA9Gq +vTBnqJREuUrQbqVySsUTz4OLvWKJUNazYs9NP16ijtz+/2zzgxp24h9Zm3cytJUysZ2 zxkpFZ2rV3O+CP2bIYdQ2gdsuNTWGz7cP4ZoHMCSfEHrQssAmo2UHO4zbrYrCExNEx4I z/rbTDL7tY/WH8H2TvpQF3KEtReBfWEu1x4E8fyx7O5VgqK85Q99ODtxk2icsC5YdDGx zaekd1bjebsUKhXoXf3fcb5kchKoRTq+9sI09/I60shnJLSB8+M8gAu9o6OS/t5VCII7 hRFg== X-Received: by 10.236.27.234 with SMTP id e70mr17043197yha.15.1373429544633; Tue, 09 Jul 2013 21:12:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-120-51.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.120.51]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id m5sm49963285yha.23.2013.07.09.21.12.20 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 09 Jul 2013 21:12:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <51DCDF21.7060200@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 23:12:17 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0 SeaMonkey/2.17.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail 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] Linux viruses References: <51D728BA.4060906@gmail.com> <51D73FFF.9020200@iinet.net.au> <51D746E5.1040606@gmail.com> <20130707092526.GA14811@waltdnes.org> <51DABD73.1080609@gmail.com> <20130709233957.GB20591@waltdnes.org> <51DCBBC1.1090606@gmail.com> <20130710035419.GA26789@waltdnes.org> In-Reply-To: <20130710035419.GA26789@waltdnes.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 2613c1ab-1d66-4786-a1ab-d5085e9c8799 X-Archives-Hash: f01dc321436477f9e02acce7ff4b36f8 Walter Dnes wrote: > On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 08:41:21PM -0500, Dale wrote > >> OK. I do banking online. I also pay my bills online along with social >> sites as well. I use Lastpass so that I can have some really REALLY >> funky passwords. I think I am one of few that has not had his facebook >> hacked. Anyway, I run Gentoo which is known here. I use >> Firefox/Seamonkey as my web browser. So next question sort of takes us >> back to my point with the knucklehead in the store. Am I safer, much >> safer, using Linux over windoze? That answer would take into account >> the fact that most virus/nasty code is written for windoze and not Linux >> but also that Linux is just built with security in mind. I belive that >> I am much safer with Linux myself. > You are safer overall. Just watch out for XSS (cross-site-scripting), > java, Flash, and acrobat exploits. > That's my thinking but wanted a second opinion. So far, I have never had anything hacked. That includes social sites, banking and other financial stuff, email and other password protected stuff. I keep everything updated and use browsers that are popular and updated frequently. I think Lastpass helps too. I have one good password and it remember the really hard ones. So far, it works well. Thanks for the second opinion. It ended up like I thought. ;-) Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!