Is linux that secure?

[anon5644329]

I would in your place study really hard and become the best in the company so I can fix their mistakes and every fucking time they get shocked how a younger guy fixes their fucking problem I would go: https://loopvideos.com/b-hHJZ3wqKU?from=19&to=21

[SgtAwesomesauce]

That’s what I’ve been doing.

It’s easy because our Operations team consists of me (the linux guy), my boss (CTO), our helpdesk guy, our AD admin and a tech who’s in charge of maintaining one of our production SaaS products. The company runs lean and mean which means it’s a great place for us all to shine (or burn, I suppose).

The best way to learn how to do your job is to do it. (in my experience)

[HK-47]

It’s a combination of a lack of communication and a lack of respect. I’m mid 20s working for a company where the average age is probably 38. I’m in a mid-level position and I’ve only been here for a couple years. A lot of them have that “don’t tell me what to do kid” look whenever they’re talking to me and it annoys the hell out of me. That makes me not actively seek out communication with these people.

Not saying what I’m doing is justified though.

All you can do is attempt to communicate and document what transpires, so your ass is covered if there’s ever an investigation over something. Or if you want to pursue this, go to management, which I predict will do nothing or at worst, will write you off as petulant (especially given your age) and punish you for having the gall to come forward about this.

I’ve never thought of that, but that would be something to implement in the future. I guess a little more cash to fix other people’s crap that was assigned to you is a pretty defensible position.

Try walking into your manager’s office and saying that. This is why, the “other duties as assigned” clause or whatever it’s called needs to be struck down in court.

As soon as the market share increases for linux you will see more attacks that have a linux flavour. The issue that needs to then be overcome is the potential for a proportion of the linux userbase to be me tech savvy than the proportions in macOS and Windows. Back in the annals of time, there were less exploits discovered and manipulated on Macs, this would likely have increased when it became a more competitive platform with Windows/Linux, that’s why people claimed (albeit misguidedly) that ‘Macs couldn’t get viruses’. It wasn’t the technical impossibility, but the fact that it was not a target at the time.

These days you don’t see those claims being made as often, but I’ve had the odd smug friend try to claim that linux was impervious to such threats. Unfortunately, it is those types of people that need security more than the average suspicious and vigilant computer user.

This is the equivalent of leaving your doors unlocked at home because “nothing ever happens here.” Don’t be surprised when someone walks in and robs the place, and the neighbors lend them tools to do it, as well as offer them refreshments! You think people would’ve learned the Titanic’s lesson.

[SgtAwesomesauce]

All you can do is attempt to communicate and document what transpires, so your ass is covered if there’s ever an investigation over something. Or if you want to pursue this, go to management, which I predict will do nothing or at worst, will write you off as petulant (especially given your age) and punish you for having the gall to come forward about this.

Eh, I’m not concerned about it. I just wish they’d give me the benefit of the doubt that I can do shit, especially after I’ve been kicking ass in the background for about 2 years for the company.

When a sysadmin is doing their job, usually you don’t notice. It’s when they fuck up that people notice.

Try walking into your manager’s office and saying that. This is why, the “other duties as assigned” clause or whatever it’s called needs to be struck down in court.

Oh, I don’t have that clause in my contract. I took a 2% pay cut when hired to have it removed for this specific reason.

[HK-47]

Wow, you can actually have it removed?

[SgtAwesomesauce]

My boss really wanted me and that and a clarification on an ambiguous term in the contract were my only contentions to signing the papers.

[HK-47]

Oh…

[SgtAwesomesauce]

Yeah, It’s a really good situation for me. If you can make it work, do it, but I don’t expect to see it all too often.