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| Date | 2013-09-10 20:05 +1000 |
| Subject | Re: Can I trust downloading Python? |
| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.208.1378811533.5461.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
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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