[wellylug] Opensouce "infectious" and should be "Quarantined" - NZ Government..

[Gerald Roehrbein]

Hello David,

mir geht es fein. Danke Dir. 
I'm fine. Thank you.

I will try to answer your question. 


> How can a user be running any activeX code when they are using Linux?

The short answer to this is: No.

I do not like to answer the question asked only because if I would do so
I would ignore the complexity of the problem we talk about.

The long answer is:

A user can not use any activeX if using Linux but he can use Java. If
download is allowed in a Companies network than this will be a risk in
any homogeneous Linux or Windows environments and in heterogeneous also
as described earlier.

Using Java can be a risk for anyone (depending on the JRE).

In my opinion it's a failure to belive blind in Linux. I'm using Linux
since the first releases of Caldera and I've never had any problems with
hackers since that but: 

Safety first!

There are safety and security risks. All the time! You can not be sure
not already been hacked. We should always remember that there is no safe
computer or network!


I don't know the way the word "paranoid" is used in NZ. In US books this
is often used if talking about security. If you would say in Germany a
good admin should be "paranoid" you will be punished.

In my opinion a good admin must be a little bit "paranoid". Do not trust
anything if you have valuable data in your network.





kind regards
Gerald

P.S.

Are you able to understand my broken english? I've just a few problems
using the tenses and the word order. I'm very sorry. I need a little bit
more practice. But you can write anything you want in english. I'm able
to understand written english very well.