Do you seriously believe *nix systems have no security problems? Anyone who belies they're invincible is probably the easiest target around. Look at some reality. According to secunia.org: - Windows Server 2003: 112 advisories in the last 48 months (2.3/month) - Windows XP Professional: 149 advisories in the last 48 months (3.1/month) - Solaris 10: 84 advisories in the last 27 months (3.1/month) - RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4: 244 advisories in the last 23 months (10.6/month) - OpenVMS 8: 1 advisory in the last 14 months (less than 0.1/month) - OpenVMS 7: 9 advisories in the last 41 months (0.2/month)
*nix systems look like the loser here, don't they?
Also note that the Core Impact penetration testing tool has more Linux exploits than Windows exploits.
And then there were the Honeynet Project's results. They found that the average time to get compromised for Linux was about 90 days. None of the Linux boxes lasted even a year without getting compromised. Hardly anything to brag about.
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Do you seriously believe *nix systems have no security problems? Anyone who belies they're invincible is probably the easiest target around. Look at some reality. According to secunia.org:
- Windows Server 2003: 112 advisories in the last 48 months (2.3/month)
- Windows XP Professional: 149 advisories in the last 48 months (3.1/month)
- Solaris 10: 84 advisories in the last 27 months (3.1/month)
- RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4: 244 advisories in the last 23 months (10.6/month)
- OpenVMS 8: 1 advisory in the last 14 months (less than 0.1/month)
- OpenVMS 7: 9 advisories in the last 41 months (0.2/month)
*nix systems look like the loser here, don't they?
Also note that the Core Impact penetration testing tool has more Linux exploits than Windows exploits.
And then there were the Honeynet Project's results. They found that the average time to get compromised for Linux was about 90 days. None of the Linux boxes lasted even a year without getting compromised. Hardly anything to brag about.