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I'll disagree just for the fun of it. There are two types of computers that are invulnerable
1. Computers that don't have any cables connecting them to a network. (in reality, I suppose they are vulnerable to some poor fool screwing it up)
2. Computers that are plain turned off.
Both options don't really help anyone though.
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Even those two kinds are potentially prone to theft, and
thus, data-loss, or worse, things like identity theft and
abuse of credentials. Computer security isn't a status quo,
it's a mind-set, an awareness in the owner/administrator of
the machine. Some Linux distributions have highly in-
secure defaults (e.g. Linspire who sets the user up as
root - a notoriously bad idea), others will have apps
setuid that aren't necessarily required to have it, others
will have weak default permissions. Given Linux origin
as a spawn of Unix, and Unix having been in the grind
of exploits for over thirty years gives it a potentially safe
heritage - but as I said: it's only as safe as the user makes
it. And if the user thinks he's safe he has probably already
lost the war ... ;}
Cheers,
Tink
