Reflecting on Linux Security in 2003

LogError writes "Here's a look at some interesting happenings with Linux security in 2003 with comments by Bob Toxen (one of the 162 recognized developers of Berkeley UNIX and author of "Real World Linux Security") and Marcel Gagne (President of Salmar Consulting, Inc. and author of "Linux System Administration - A User's Guide" and "Moving to Linux")."

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everything that's wrong with slashdot..

[bmajik]

so your first impulse upon readin this was to think i was trolling ? why, because i have an uncommon point of view ? do you disagree with my argument, my conclusion, or my employer ?

Yeah, I _could_ have mentioned that, but it should be obvious from my posting history and my user page that im certainly not hiding it. I wasn't aware that slashdot required a disclosure statement of employment for dissecting a poorly made "argument"

my post was to point out that this was hardly an article at all, and basically some free advertising for this gagne fellow. It had NOTHING to do with linux security in 2003, over half of it was a rant on how shoddy microsoft is.

I've pondered the value proposition of open source before.

I'm sure since you value open source so highly, instead of being dependant on whatever is given to you, that you also sew your own clothes and grow your own food :)

The article i responded to was not an article at all - it was an anti-MS rant and i was irate that something with an interesting title claiming to be about linux security in 2003 - was nothing more than someone pushing their ideaology.

Also - i really dislike the use of the term astroturfing. I'm _not_ being paid by MS to post to slashdot, especially the day after christmas.

I'm not blindly supportive of everything MS does - but unlike alot of people, I'm also not blindly critical. When someone has something interesting or objective to say about MS, I listen, because thats how we get better. When someone is just ranting off and sounding uninformed, occasionally I let them have it (I say occasionally because responding to each instance of this would be a 24/7 endeavour for multiple people :)