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Linux Security: Reflections on 2002, Eye on 2003

Posted by timothy on from the bolting-the-doors-helps dept.

Mirko Zorz writes "Here are the reflections on Linux security in 2002 and predictions for 2003 by Bob Toxen, one of the 162 recognized developers of Berkeley UNIX and author of the acclaimed book "Real World Linux Security" already in its 2nd edition. Read more at Help Net Security."

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  1. Re:Hullo, my name is TOXIN by hayden · · Score: 1, Troll
    Calls himself "Boxen" for short.
    His parents were probably one of those freaky people the pluralise box to boxen. Oh, and they couldn't spell either.
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  2. Re:Damn by Stanley+Feinbaum · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm sure you miss out on a lot of good deals then. Mom and pop places use IIS because it's easy to set up, and they can't afford to pay some guy tons of money to set up a linux server (or freebsd server if they need really high security). Maybe if linux was actually easy to use it would be even more popular with mom and pop places.

    So enjoy paying more by descriminating against IIS sites.

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  3. Obligatory... by KewlPC · · Score: 1, Troll

    In SOVIET RUSSIA, 2003 has its eye on YOU.

  4. Linux? by Denver_80203 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Who would want to bother? Nothing worth breaking it open for. A major Linux hack would result in a minor yawn.

  5. Re:Disappointing article by irc.goatse.cx+troll · · Score: 0, Troll

    Except when debians ftp gets hit and this worm infects every .deb on their server. Then those all get mirrored (and ran), Infecting all other machines. Why do people trust md5sums that come from the same compromised host?

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