> -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Busser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 3:10 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Linux (in)security (Was: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: > No Subject) > > In general people seem to believe that Linux is either secure > or can be made secure by removing packages and unused > services. This believe that Linus is already secure makes > people uninterested in security. Why improve something that > is already sufficient? Besides that, it is more rewarding to > write a new window manager providing more and faster flashy > eye candy than to fix potential memory allocation problems > that noone ever notices. Well, until it becomes a problem that is.
Is it any wonder? With thousands of rabid slash dotters cajoling their friends into switching to Linux because "it's secure out of the box" and "it can't be infected like Windows", what would anyone expect? The same idiots that can't keep a Windows box from being owned are now using Linux. And the result is the same. Now, lest you get your hopes up and think it's possible to change the world, read this: http://www.ukauthority.com/articles/story898.asp After reading this, I had a good cry and then took some aspirin. :-( Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
