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Linux/Unix Tops Charts for Vulnerabilities in 2005
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."
There is one Microsoft Windoze and how many different Eunuchs?
There was Cowboy Neal at the wheel of a bus to never-ever land.
Sure, I love my free operating systems. But I'm going to take this as confirmation that Microsoft really has started to take security seriously. I can't see a downside to companies producing better software.
It's also worthwhile to acknowledge that Linux has issues. Since it's not a single suite of software but a collection from multiple sources, that's no great wonder. A computer populated with software from many different sources, with most of it developed by unrelated teams, is going to have a hard time competing on the security front with a computer populated by software that came from a single source, with all of the developers working fairly closely. That's why the BSD operating systems show up with fewer security vulnerabilities than Linux in all it's forms.
Besides, the fact that people are actively targeting security problems in UNIX based systems means that people are taking the stuff seriously. That's got to be a good thing.
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What does it take for open source (being open to all) to report a flaw?
***Finding it of course.
What does it take for a huge software house with stock to shill... errrr.. sell?
***Exploits running about in the wild do not a good reason make, as we can see from this latest XP exploit this last week.
" What luck for rulers that men do not think" - Adolf Hitler
Yeah, the discussion here will be fruitful and complete. Slashdot isn't a one-sided feedback loop that embodies the worst qualities of the internet. Not at all.
Fuck, look at your comment - it dismisses the entire premise as incredible without providing anything more than a bullet point list. No substance. Not a single link. Yet, you get modded 'informative.' Yes, in the strict sense, you informed us all of your bias.
At least you're all stupid enough to think what you type here counts. It keeps you out of our faces out in the real world.
It's a shame, too - take away the blatant onesidedness of this site, and this could be a good discussion topic.
I fully expect this to get the old -1, Flamebait within 10 minutes. Can't go pointing out the truth around Happy Geeky Fantasy Land.
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