On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 08:46:43 -0600 Nashid Hasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
heh.. the figures are just amazing... closed source fixes cant really be counted! they lie, oOOohh they lie... imma get me some bill gates turkey A$$ imma slap the crap out of that guy > Microsoft must have paid the author hefty amount of money to come up with > this......... > > > REPORT SAYS LINUX HAS MORE SECURITY FLAWS THAN WINDOWS > A new report from the Aberdeen Group says that open-source software now > presents more security vulnerabilities than software from Microsoft. > According to the report, 16 of the 29 advisories released by CERT (the > Computer Emergency Response Team) in the first 10 months of this year > dealt with security flaws in Linux, whereas Microsoft products > accounted for 7 advisories. Security problems must be severe to warrant > an advisory from CERT. Eric Hemmendinger, coauthor of the report, said > the problems with Linux are in part a result of there being "no single > entity responsible for quality assurance or for addressing security > issues." Hemmendinger also said Microsoft's attention to coding > practices and security concerns may have led to the company's improved > record for security flaws. > NewsFactor Network, 15 November 2002 > http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19996.html > > > -Nash > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
