Linux Crypto Packages Demolished

Posted by simoniker on Monday September 22, 2003 @10:19AM from the security-is-all-relative dept.

SiliconEntity writes "Cryptographer and security expert Peter Gutmann has demolished several Linux security software packages in a recent posting to the cryptography mailing list. He says, 'It's possible to create insecure 'security' products just as readily with open-source as with closed-source software. CIPE and vtun must be the OSS community's answer to Microsoft's PPTP implementation. What's even worse is that some of the flaws were pointed out nearly two years ago, but despite the hype about open-source products being quicker with security fixes, some of the protocols still haven't been fixed.'"

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Windows is Not Attacked More by repetty · 2003-09-22 10:43 · Score: 0, Troll

Sorry, dude, the news is pretty much out on this... per installation, *nix is attacked more than Windows.

Maybe you were on vacation or you trashed the news with the rest of your Windows virus-infected email.

BTW, troll, troll, troll.