[OLPC Security] A mom's worries

[Jim Gettys]

On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 13:34 -0800, Seth Woodworth wrote:
> 
>         > Viruses will be contained, and thus quite harmless.
>         
>         Wow, looks like the antivirus industry is out of business.
>         
>         For the past year, OLPC developers have been brushing aside
>         issues
>         surrounding viruses, spyware and user/parent awareness of
>         security by
>         suggesting that the XO model and code are invulnerable. This
>         is 
>         completely unrealistic.
> 
> Yes, because there is such a thriving anti-virus industry for linux
> systems.
> 

The industry for anti-virus on Linux exists primarily since Linux
systems are often used as servers for Windows machines, and therefore
virus scanning is needed to protect those Windows clients, rather than
needing to protect the Linux systems themselves...
                            - Jim


-- 
Jim Gettys
One Laptop Per Child