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Re: Can I trust downloading Python?

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Date Tue, 10 Sep 2013 20:05:10 +1000
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On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> Of course, Linux is a much
> harder target than the average unpatched Windows box, and there are
> probably easier ways to get access to your files if they really need to.

Plus "Linux" isn't a single target. You can search the internet for
Windows XP boxes and there's an extremely high chance they'll all be
running the same base services; when you're attacking Linux, there's a
much MUCH smaller set of common code, with most attacks being aimed at
an application - which may or may not be running on any given
computer. So there's a lot less chance that you'll be randomly
assaulted just for connecting to the internet; the attacks are most
likely to come from browsing a site that exploits a Javascript
vulnerability.

I'm not particularly bothered by the possibility of someone snooping
at what I'm doing. Oh how terrible, they'll discover that I'm just as
nerdy in private as I am in public...

ChrisA

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Re: Can I trust downloading Python? Fattburger <none@none.com> - 2013-09-09 12:19 +0000
  Re: Can I trust downloading Python? Tony the Tiger <tony@tiger.invalid> - 2013-09-09 14:41 -0500
  Re: Can I trust downloading Python? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-09-10 00:06 +0000
    Re: Can I trust downloading Python? Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-09-10 10:45 +0100
      Re: Can I trust downloading Python? Tom P <werotizy@freent.dd> - 2013-09-10 12:26 +0200
      Re: Can I trust downloading Python? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-09-10 14:40 +0000
    Re: Can I trust downloading Python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-10 20:05 +1000
    Re: Can I trust downloading Python? Wolfgang Keller <feliphil@gmx.net> - 2013-09-10 18:20 +0200

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