Comments on: Illogical Immunity http://www.vitocassisi.com/archives/753 Delving into technology Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Randy http://www.vitocassisi.com/archives/753/comment-page-1#comment-159 Randy Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:21:57 +0000 http://www.vitocassisi.com/?p=753#comment-159 From your opening paragraph it appears you are not overly familiar with each OS, other than Windows. You have left out that the Linux approach to security is distribution dependent, and nothing to do with 'Linux' as such. From Ubuntu's approach of not even letting you have a root account to Slackware not including PAM to Fedora having SELinux. It should also have been pointed out just how much Windows has improved in the last 5 years. Additionally these days with most exploits being browser based, the OS is less significant and relevant than it was a few years ago. From your opening paragraph it appears you are not overly familiar with each OS, other than Windows.

You have left out that the Linux approach to security is distribution dependent, and nothing to do with ‘Linux’ as such. From Ubuntu’s approach of not even letting you have a root account to Slackware not including PAM to Fedora having SELinux.

It should also have been pointed out just how much Windows has improved in the last 5 years.

Additionally these days with most exploits being browser based, the OS is less significant and relevant than it was a few years ago.

]]> By: Geoff http://www.vitocassisi.com/archives/753/comment-page-1#comment-157 Geoff Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:52:27 +0000 http://www.vitocassisi.com/?p=753#comment-157 I'm extremely wary of scams and phishing attempts, but the way you describe it, it sounds like I did get caught in one. Recently a friend sent me a link to something to do with Facebook, and while I don't use Facebook very much, I was curious and tried clicking on it, but my log in didn't work. Now I realise it was no doubt a phishing expedition I didn't pick up on. Which brings me to the next point. What can you do about it? I suppose I can change my password, (I suppose I'd better) but what else can be done/ Is it all a matter of shutting the gate after the horse has bolted? Scary world... I’m extremely wary of scams and phishing attempts, but the way you describe it, it sounds like I did get caught in one. Recently a friend sent me a link to something to do with Facebook, and while I don’t use Facebook very much, I was curious and tried clicking on it, but my log in didn’t work. Now I realise it was no doubt a phishing expedition I didn’t pick up on.

Which brings me to the next point. What can you do about it? I suppose I can change my password, (I suppose I’d better) but what else can be done/ Is it all a matter of shutting the gate after the horse has bolted?

Scary world…

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