Some Linux Distros Found Vulnerable By Default

TuringTest writes "Security Focus carries an article about a security compromise found on several major distros due to bad default settings in the Linux kernel. 'It's a sad day when an ancient fork bomb attack can still take down most of the latest Linux distributions', says the writer. The attack was performed by spawning lots of processes from a normal user shell. Is interesting to note that Debian was not among the distros that fell to the attack. The writer also praises the OpenBSD policy of Secure by Default."

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Figures

[Anonymous Coward]

Big surprise another flaw in Windows...

Oh wait.. it says Linux? Damn. I was all ready to go off on how Windows sucks and Linux rules.

All Windows Versions Found Vulnerable By Default

[Cyn]

Insecurity Windows

Posted by cyn on Friday March 18, @11:10AM
from the change-the-operating-system dept.

cyn writes "Security Focus doesn't carry an article about a security compromise found on all major windows versions due to bad design in the Windows kernel, DLLs, vbscript, et. all. 'It's a normal day when an script-kiddie | trojan virus | webpage attack can still take down most of the latest Windows versions', says the writer. The attack was performed by touching the internet from a normal user login. Is interesting to note that Windows ME was not among the versions that fell to the attack - not because it is invulnerable, but because nobody could locate a copy. The writer also doesn't praises the Unix philosophy of not being Windows."