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 ) id 1RHcVZ-00011i-0T for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:25:09 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CB6AD21C1B6; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:24:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E1F421C19A for ; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:22:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f53.google.com ([209.85.214.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RHcT0-003Ztb-7l for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:22:30 +0700 Received: by bke11 with SMTP id 11so7398547bke.40 for ; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:22:24 -0700 (PDT) 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 Received: by 10.223.58.83 with SMTP id f19mr31490454fah.36.1319293343961; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:22:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.79.10 with HTTP; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:22:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.79.10 with HTTP; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:22:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <201110221227.43568.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:22:23 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Which desktop antivirus? From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015174027a61f12a104afe3ebb2 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 0a6af05363f92504ebafb0a60052e726 --0015174027a61f12a104afe3ebb2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Oct 22, 2011 9:10 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. > That IMO is one aspect where Gentoo is 'naturally hardened' even when compared to other Linux distros: malware writers can't be sure that the vectors they need exist in a target box. Rgds, --0015174027a61f12a104afe3ebb2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8


On Oct 22, 2011 9:10 PM, "Adam Carter" <adamcarter3@gmail.com> 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.
>

That IMO is one aspect where Gentoo is 'naturally hardened' even when compared to other Linux distros: malware writers can't be sure that the vectors they need exist in a target box.

Rgds,

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