[ubuntu-in] Attacks on Linux Servers

Manish Sinha mail at manishsinha.net
Mon Oct 25 18:28:03 BST 2010


On 09/18/2010 05:14 PM, Narendra Diwate wrote:
> Those that are in the IT field managing Servers and Networking, Admin, 
> Security : Would you agree on this:
> "Linux is a larger target for viruses and malware, as it dominates the 
> server industry, and that's where the important data and real meat of 
> attacks are attempted."
>

Last when I heard "Security through obscurity" was a deprecated concept.
So getting popular and being a niche market doesn't make much sense.

The real thing is how much secure model it implements for security and 
secondly is the server badly configured. In this case nothing helps.

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Manish



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