From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 05:10:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 05:09:58 -0400 Received: from hermine.idb.hist.no ([158.38.50.15]:10256 "HELO hermine.idb.hist.no") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 05:09:48 -0400 Message-ID: <3B7A3C03.3FD293CD@idb.hist.no> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 11:08:19 +0200 From: Helge Hafting X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.8-pre8 i686) X-Accept-Language: no, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: joseph.bueno@trader.com CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Is there something that can be done against this ??? In-Reply-To: <3B7924C7.31923A8@trader.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org joseph.bueno@trader.com wrote: [...] > How many users are there that use a specific user account to read > their emails on their Linux workstation ? > I don't, I use my account to read mails, write documents, > develop programs,etc. So even if a malicious program does > not do any arm to the system, it can at least destroy or corrupt my > own files and I will loose time restoru=ing from last backup and > rebuilding recently modified files. > So you aren't reading mail as root - which is what any windows user do. I believe few people read mail from a "mail-only" account, but reading the mail is seldom dangerous. If someone mails you a unknown program though - definitely run that from a test account if you tries it at all. Helge Hafting