On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, tom ring wrote:

> Yes, and the major difference is that they do not propagate by email, so you
> _generally_ need to be directly targeted by a bad guy.

That's simply not true, unfortunately.  In the last few years we've seen
the advent of "Internet worms" that randomly scan for and infect
vulnerable hosts.  Worms that infect Linux are a little less common than
ones that infect Windows, but they do exist.

It's every bit as important to keep up on the security patches for your
Linux installation as it is forWindows.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si