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Linux Security: Reflections on 2002, Eye on 2003
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."
5rd post!!!! yeah yeah my life is so great cause i'm a slashdot whore
well this is so obvious we all know linux is more secure. look at all of the past stories this month about M$ security flaws
I thought Linux already HAD perfect security?! It was written by a thousand smelly and hairy zelots! M$ is evil! Linus is God! W0007!
I predict that your mother will ask you, once again, to move out of the basement, and your father will sodomize you with the traditional baseball bat. I also predict that you will further threaten the world's paper towel supply with your endless masturbation.
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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.
Stanley Feinbaum, professional journalist and master debater! God bless the USA!
In SOVIET RUSSIA, 2003 has its eye on YOU.
Who would want to bother? Nothing worth breaking it open for. A major Linux hack would result in a minor yawn.
MICROSOFT ROCKS! I cant believe how usable and fun this system is. Games, movies, videos... It's a multimedia extravaganza!
And with the new DirectX 9.0 your multimedia experience is taken to the next level, promising the future generation of games will be exhilirating and fill you with the kind of thrills only a highly skilled team such as microsoft has assembled can provide.
Hell, they even have THEIR OWN ANTIALIASED FONTS! How many 'free' operating systems can boast that? That's right - none!
And should I start on xbox? What a marvel of technology! You want lifelike? The realism of the graphics will make your eyes water. The 5.1 surround sound will make you feel like you're part of the action. You can close your eyes and imagine underpowered linux based consoles, like the fairy tale that was iDreama, or you can jump feet first into the tempest of excitement that is XBOX LIVE!
You want e-mail? Try Outlook - the most sophisticated communications software ever developed.
The list of accolades and achievements by this brilliant corporation just doesn't end.
Oh yeah, and free updates! No Apple bait-n-switch here! That's a bone for you smelly hippies who think they're above paying for anything.
Kudo's to you, Mr Microsoft. This buds for you.
Because it is true, a homosexual did post this MOD-UP plug and the original story that slandered RMS.
An attack on RMS is an attack on me too! I'm revving my GM-350 engine and I'm gunna lay tar all over your street when I find you little twinks that dares slander me and RMS!
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?
Pain lasts, kid. Its how you know you're alive. Sometimes I think this growing up thing is just pain management-TheMaxx