RE: lug_: question to ask

[Kalsi, Aman]

Kenneth:   This is a rather vague question since from your question it figures you are talking about apps running on LINUX have advisories posted, for example OpenSSL, Mandrake etc. So far (01/01/2004 to now) LINUX as an operating system has gotten about 21 vulnerabilities/exploits posted versus 52 posted for Windows (Source: BUGTRACK). I believe that speaks about how secure the OS is based on your proposed logic.   Personally, I don’t think that the number of advisories/exploits or vulnerability is a measure of the security of the OS. The category, criticality and area of impact of the problem can be used to measure its security.   Hope that answers your thought.   Regards,   Aman   Ever notice how it's a penny for your thoughts, yet you put in your two-cents? Someone is making a penny on the deal! -- Steven Wright   -----Original Message----- From: Kabagambe Kenneth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 9:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: lug_: question to ask   hi.this may be a fly in the soup but i was wondering if anyone has noticed that while windows has had relatively few bug reports and patch releases this year, it seems linux is getting at least 7 advisories each week .the implications of this could be serious since linux has always branded itself as *secure* compared to micro$oft primarily because it gets audited by a wide range of programmers.    -- Ken     --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug