Linux and OSS are Huge Security Risks

Post #63,001 by pwhysall 11/15/02 6:42:47 AM 11/15/02 6:43:39 AM Reply	Linux and OSS are Huge Security Risks ...or, Aberdeen Group are talking out of their arses, paid for by Microsoft, or both. [link\|http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/28118.html\|http://www.theregist...ent/55/28118.html] The particularly galling part of this is saying: Security advisories for open source and Linux software accounted for 16 out of the 29 security advisories - about one of every two advisories - published for the first 10 months of 2002 by Cert (www.cert.org, Computer Emergency Response Team). We're up to 64 Microsoft Security Bulletins this year so far. The latest one, MS02-064, Windows 2000 Default Permissions Could Allow Trojan Horse Program (Q327522), is described as a "moderate" risk. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog] Edited by pwhysall Nov. 15, 2002, 06:43:02 AM EST Edited by pwhysall Nov. 15, 2002, 06:43:39 AM EST Expand All History
Post #63,002 by Yendor 11/15/02 6:52:28 AM Reply	Re: Linux and OSS are Huge Security Risks [...]is described as a "moderate" risk. ...By whom? :-P -YendorMike [link\|http://www.hope-ride.org/\|http://www.hope-ride.org/]
Post #63,008 by bepatient 11/15/02 8:50:25 AM Reply	I smell the plan. If Linux is the "media darling"...lets kill it there. Too much, too quickly with too many common errors in fact for it to be anyhting but planned. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #63,187 by static 11/16/02 5:35:19 AM Reply	I often use experience. As in, "we've never had mail-virus problems; but then we don't run Outlook". Plus, just over half* our PCs run Linux on the Desktop :-). Wade. * which is 3 out of 5... (shuffles quietly into a corner...) "Ah. One of the difficult questions."

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