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Linux/Unix Tops Charts for Vulnerabilities in 2005

Posted by samzenpus on from the better-safe-than-sorry dept.

BeanBunny writes "I realize that this topic is almost as volatile around here as Intelligent Design, but I think this is interesting nonetheless. US-CERT has released their year-end vulnerability summary. According to InformationWeek.com, Linux/Unix (including Mac OS) had almost three times the number of OS-specific vulnerabilities reported last year compared to Microsoft Windows. Obviously, statistics are meaningless without the proper conjecture, speculation, and opinionation, so let the debate begin again over which OS is really more secure."

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  1. Slashdot is most secure by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I tried to hack it with a First Post and all I got was "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."!

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  2. way to lump them together by gosand · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So Linux, Unix, and MacOS X are all lumped together? Doesn't quite seem ... fair.

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  3. Re:Already hashed over in depth on GrokLaw by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    She got her security credentials from the Jehovas Witnesses. She also believes in I.D. and filed an Amicus Curae (sp?) brief in support of I.D. in the Dover court.

  4. This is it for me. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Hi All,

    This is it for me. Just an anonymous coward who will never be seen again around these parts. It's the dupes. Heck and this might not really be a dupe, but why not revel in the irony if it's not. It sure as heck could have been.

    SLASHDOT. I AM SICK OF DUPES. But never mind, I won't be back to find out if you fix the problem. I am a potential subscriber that never was, and never will be. You had your chance.

    Just one AC, slipping off in search of greener pastures. No one should notice. No one should care, right? It's obviously right, or someone would have cared to fix the dupes before now.

    See ya.

  5. Re:BeanBunny is a known troll by linuxfanatic1024 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Get a user account! You can't moderate without a user account! Once you get one, and you post good comments here enough, you might get moderation privileges.

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  6. **Cough, splutter ** Lintelligent Design by Robowally · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Perhaps if Linux and co. were Lintelligently Designed, they would have less flaws! Or howabout ... Will this be the end of Lintel Inside? Ok, they were bad ;-)

    If you dare, watch ID DVDs free online here: http://www.theapologiaproject.org/video_library.ht m

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