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How to write a Linux virus in 5 easy steps

How to write a Linux virus in 5 easy steps

Posted Feb 13, 2009 17:06 UTC (Fri) by flewellyn (subscriber, #5047)
In reply to: How to write a Linux virus in 5 easy steps by nix
Parent article: How to write a Linux virus in 5 easy steps

Oh, right, I knew that. Just forgot.

Either way, though, I can see something like that being useful in any number of contexts. I can't help but think "If you write it, they will come."

Write the program, audit it carefully, release it under a permissive license, and push for the major desktop environments to start using it. I think they have an interest in better security.


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