From owner-freebsd-security Wed May 20 11:52:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA26111 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Wed, 20 May 1998 11:52:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from echonyc.com (echonyc.com [198.67.15.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA26001 for ; Wed, 20 May 1998 11:51:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from benedict@echonyc.com) Received: from localhost (benedict@localhost) by echonyc.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id OAA16977; Wed, 20 May 1998 14:51:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 14:51:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Snob Art Genre Reply-To: ben@rosengart.com To: Emmanuel Gravel cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Virus on FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <3562A6DB.3412BC8B@elr346.ateng.az.honeywell.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk It is possible to have viruses on Unix-like platforms, but their activities are constrained by the multiuser features of the OS. DOS/Win* viruses will not work on FreeBSD or Linux. On Wed, 20 May 1998, Emmanuel Gravel wrote: > I haven't heard of a virus made for a Unix-like OS before, but I'm > wondering if this can be an issue with FreeBSD (or Linux for that > matter). I'm saying this since they both run on the most common > platform there is today, the PC. I know most virii were writen for > DOS-like OS's, but it's my impression that the common point between > both machines is the hardware. > > Can anyone either clear this for me, or point me in the right direction > for some info? > > Thanks! > > Emmanuel Gravel > egravel@elr346.ateng.az.honeywell.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message > Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message