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Is Your OS Tough Enough?

Posted by timothy on from the mepis-seems-to-do-alright dept.

LE UI Guy writes "A Denver Post article examines the Internet 'horrors' Windows, Mac and Linux users face simply being connected to the Internet with only an out-of-box configuration. Over the course of a single week the machines were scanned 46,255 times. The test didn't look into additional security threats caused by surfing the web or reading e-mail, just the connection itself."

4 of 597 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Even modern linux distros need to be sanitized by dzo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Just Do it right The first Time.

    the Link.. http://www.gentoo.org

  2. Better color scheme by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Without the nasty /. IT theme.

  3. Fabulous Thunderbirds???! by jonnystiph · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why, why am I forced to recall that song. I realized there can be no caring god after hearing that song. Now, once again I am forced to recall that wretched piece of radio trash. Mercy.

    --

    If we don't make light of everything, we are just stumbling in the dark - Blank

  4. yeah... by helioquake · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's touch alright. It's makin' me its bitch.