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2015 Jul 30
0
Fedora change that will probably affect RHEL
...and Nimda, which continuously flooded the internet with traffic intended to find exploitable holes in Microsoft OSes. They kept finding new boxes so frequently that normal efforts consistent with contemporaneous practice entirely failed to stamp them out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Red_(computer_worm)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_(computer_worm)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimda
It got so bad that connecting a new Windows box to the internet without either a NAT router or a third-party software firewall would almost guarantee an infection within minutes:
http://blog.chron.com...
2015 Jul 29
4
Fedora change that will probably affect RHEL
On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Warren Young <wyml at etr-usa.com> wrote:
> Security is *always* opposed to convenience.
False. OS X by default runs only signed binaries, and if they come
from the App Store they run in a sandbox. User gains significant
security with this, and are completely unaware of it. There is no
inconvenience.
What is the inconvenience of encrypting your device