Comment Re:Epic Fail? WTF? (Score 1) 534
In short, "Epic Fail!" is an accurate exclamation
...except "fail" is not a noun.
"Epic failure" would be an accurate exclamation free of any like-a-dick-sounding.
In short, "Epic Fail!" is an accurate exclamation
...except "fail" is not a noun.
"Epic failure" would be an accurate exclamation free of any like-a-dick-sounding.
It's also the reason that I still run Windows and haven't switched to Linux as Linux does not have anything similar.
Umm.. probably because it's not really necessary on Linux. I'm not suggesting that there is NO Linux malware out there, but it's certainly significantly less proliferate than Windows malware (in large part because of market share...a great Linux virus simply won't damage as many computers).
Also, though it's not uncommon to configure iptables (the default firewall in most modern Linux systems (?) ) to mindlessly allow outbound traffic, it's certainly possible to configure it to disallow locally-originated outbound connections.
It's also possible to configure it to log all sorts of useful information about packets, such as what process originated them and where they're headed. Then any of a myriad of open-source tools can be used to analyze said logs for unscrupulous behavior.
And iptables will never try to get you to upgrade to a for-pay version with stupid hand-waving scare tactics like these.
Suggest you just sit there and wait till life gets easier.