Silicon.com: The £10,000 Linux virus challenge | Linux Today

Silicon.com: The £10,000 Linux virus challenge

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 12, 2001

“The director of open source consultancy NetProject,
Eddie Bleasdale, has reiterated his pledge to give £10,000 to
anyone who can infect his Linux computer with a virus.

He made the challenge amidst increasing concerns over the
security of Microsoft’s webserver software, which has been hit by a
series of high-profile viruses.

Bleasdale maintains it is impossible to infect a correctly
configured Linux system with a virus, and conversely that it is
impossible to make a system running Windows secure.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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