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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Unix more secure than windows Post 302461114 by Corona688 on Friday 8th of October 2010 02:27:22 PM
Old 10-08-2010
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Originally Posted by methyl
@remi75
A bit naive.

There are unix and Linux trojans, viruses and exploits in the wild but in general an unprotected non-Microsoft server can survive longer on the Internet before being hacked because of the sheer volume of robohackers etc. targetting Microsoft platforms. The threat to unix and Linux systems is real.
There's of course threats to UNIX systems, but they're hardly the same as the threat to Windows ones. Windows exploits are frequently administrator-or-bust and user-oriented -- most Windows systems aren't servers hence can't be logged into remotely, but need (or at least have) administrator to run, making security quite all-or-nothing. UNIX systems can usually be logged into remotely(even a restricted login can still function as part of a botnet) or induced to do things via web requests, hence much more effort put into dictionary attacks, poking application-level software, or even user-level software -- i.e. not exploiting the kernel or even a daemon, but a common and poorly-programmed PHP script...
 

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cr(1)							      General Commands Manual							     cr(1)

NAME
cr - converts text files between nix EOL and dos EOL SYNOPSIS
cr - | + <input file> <output file> DESCRIPTION
Text files, such as tle files, that come from a dos source usualy have the ^M symbol at the end of every line. Cr converts files between the dos newline format and the normal *nix newline format by stripping the ^M to convert dos to *nix, using the '-' option, or adding ^M to a *nix file to create the proper dos file when the '+' option is used. Although this extra character is not often a problem, programs like seesat5, which are data driven will encounter parsing problems when the extra character is present. It is these problems that cr is intended to repair. Options - | + One or the other of these options is required. The '-' option is used to remove ^M from all newlines found in the dos file. The '+' option is used to add ^M to every newline found in a *nix file. input file Fully delineated path to the input file. As this program is used in the dos environment as well, standard input is not used. output file Fully delineated path to the output file. As this program is used in the dos environment as well, standart output is not used. SEE ALSO
seesat5(1), seesat5(7), SEESAT5.INI(5), tle(5) BUGS
Cr is not an inteligent program. It methodicaly replaces/removes the offending character when it finds it in the correct context. Newline sequences found in contexts other than 'newline' will be replaced/removed just like those found in the proper context. Passing a binary file through cr is not advised, for this reason. Send all inqueries to Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>. Debian Linux 2 April 96 cr(1)
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