Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: UNSURE 0.231 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.56; '*S*': 0.02; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'linux,': 0.07; 'windows': 0.15; 'exploits': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'services;': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'code,': 0.22; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'possibility': 0.29; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'easier': 0.31; "d'aprano": 0.31; 'sep': 0.31; 'steven': 0.31; "they'll": 0.31; 'probably': 0.32; 'linux': 0.33; 'running': 0.33; 'computer.': 0.33; 'common': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'application': 0.37; 'being': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'files': 0.38; 'extremely': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'how': 0.40; 'subject:Can': 0.60; 'most': 0.60; "you're": 0.61; "you'll": 0.62; 'high': 0.63; 'box,': 0.64; 'connecting': 0.64; 'chance': 0.65; 'bothered': 0.68; 'internet': 0.71; 'discover': 0.82; 'attacking': 0.84; 'boxes': 0.91; 'browsing': 0.91; 'average': 0.93; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=G0zjxfea0VxPlaOh9OiRFl7J3cyvWlfBOQ9FIq9VZls=; b=xMOpcfQj3fOFeo0crnbdphdaFvgy6piDHQLQhVSHFaRkBfHd4NqgNLhqxfJXE1B3C2 dbfaxp++O2lNFzzjLMMaZAMCiG3jj19LRTacNcfDmkVqls+nLQrij0dzCkW9gIsgCngw npqdavDZaG1/N7C9Zi9bEpQBo6VmvrRo0gAqGGxObzcY2ooUfmSBnZUcfyVo1TxiAwd9 bgH33zmLmRauPVBGz1bxB6iAs84eqU2CMtPeoHOXEGqGPcS20roTJC9T5azDSAu0rUpF dVVlPHtXQdtaSo3mb6oMi0OV5fEbZ03UEvLyUTDgvwpfFDQEPOeSt35D5rK/pZnjcGPw 0Ezw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.220.145.132 with SMTP id d4mr22100129vcv.9.1378807510713; Tue, 10 Sep 2013 03:05:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <522e626c$0$29988$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> References: <31jXt.43447$Hr1.23199@en-nntp-03.dc1.easynews.com> <522e626c$0$29988$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 20:05:10 +1000 Subject: Re: Can I trust downloading Python? From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:12:12 +0200 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 21 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1378811533 news.xs4all.nl 15902 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:58828 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:53915 On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Steven D'Aprano 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