Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Wonderful Windows Zaps Banks/Transport/Media after "Update" Yesterday Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 23:39:45 +0200 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <5f8746c7-a06c-5b50-c3c0-4c76fb714e29@example.net> References: <87h6cl74ix.fsf@tilde.institute> <09a33276-1f22-a9af-6c0b-990cef30f9ad@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="4094123"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:57116 On Sun, 21 Jul 2024, vallor wrote: > On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 11:23:08 +0200, D wrote in > <09a33276-1f22-a9af-6c0b-990cef30f9ad@example.net>: > >> On Sun, 21 Jul 2024, Popping Mad wrote: >> >>> On 7/20/24 8:55 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>>> On Sat, 20 Jul 2024 11:08:50 +0100, Nuno Silva wrote: >>>> >>>>> But immediately ruling out this scenario for Linux systems sounds >>>>> quite unrealistic to me. (And, from what I've read yesterday, I got >>>>> the impression that there had been a similar incident with Linux >>>>> systems, but I didn't study that further.) >>>> >>>> Sure. But remember, the various pieces of a Linux system are just >>>> inherently put together in a more modular, flexible fashion, and that >>>> includes systemd. That does reduce the chance for trouble quite >>>> significantly. >>> >>> >>> BTW - you are now in my kill fly, so you can troll the back of the hand >>> now... >>> >>> >> Wise choice! I also discovered that Lawrence was just a troll and choose >> the same action. He really has nothing of value to say in my opinion. > > There's a far cry from "I disagree" to "nothing of value". > > I don't agree with everything Lawrence posts, and I've called > him out on his "snip and snark" style, but not everything he > posts is without merit. > > Regarding the crowdstrike matter: It seems that Linux > systems would be much less vulnerable to such SNAFUs -- and > there are Linux distributions that don't use systemd, if > that is a concern. > I agree completely with you linux point of view. It has benefitted me greatly in the past. In the distant past I think I even ran a web server on OpenBSD and had the pleasure of tail -f:inf the web server logs watching some windows worm trying again and again without anything happening.