Thread: Security on Nits?
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Navi is offline Navi
2008-04-15 , 20:58
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#41
Originally Posted by Brucealeg View Post
I thought the advantage of Linux was that keylogers and viruses were rare to none existent? I know that doesn't, in itself, make people feel more secure. I am curious how someone would exploit the NIT in a meaningful way.
The viruses that do exist can't do any real damage unless executed by the user as root, and the keyloggers that are available on the net are extremely hard to get working.

I'm most worried about packet sniffers on an open network.
 

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