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Linux Most Attacked Server?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the certainly-more-to-gain dept.

Anonymous guy who can't remember his login sent in a story from the Globe And Mail that says "During August, 67 per cent of all successful and verifiable digital attacks against on-line servers targeted Linux, followed by Microsoft Windows at 23.2 per cent. A total of 12,892 Linux on-line servers running e-business and information sites were successfully breached in that month, followed by 4,626 Windows servers."

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  1. This can't be accurate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    with all the worms around... this sounds like bullshit

  2. Going for the good stuff. by Phiz · · Score: 0, Troll

    Maybe its just because people put their important stuff on Linux machines. Who wants to hack Windows machines when all you are going to get into is someone's Outlook mailbox full of spam and Sobig.F?

  3. There are lies, damn lies, and statistics. by ealar+dlanvuli · · Score: 0, Troll

    Those statistics were missing anything resembling meaning. The report was basically a fluff peice supported by funny numbers in order to put a tag line in for Microsoft security.

    Why did this make slashdot?

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  4. Doesn't surprise me... by athen66 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Considering everyone I know that runs Linux are people that don't know a thing about *nix, let alone a secure operating system - and the last time I installed Redhat every service known to man was left open. Sorry, just my .02 from a *BSD guy.

  5. Duh by terrox · · Score: 0, Troll

    because Linux is free and Windows is not.