Whatever OS it be, we can configure it to be more secure or less secure. There is nothing like 100% security. It's just an utopian concept. However secure we configure an OS, there can still be vulnerabilities lurking around in the OS which may be exploited. Due to the nature of development model, it is less likely in open source OSes.
Unless they publish the method the hackers used to get into CERN network, we can't figure out whether it was an OS vulnerability they exploited or was it just a shortcoming of CERN technicians responsible for their network and system security. And miles, Linux and all other OSes that are going to stay denitely has to go on a lot... because innovation never ends, it just goes on and on. Those who rest get pushed behind. -Sunjith On Monday 29 September 2008, Toby Joseph wrote: > Well, there was an article sometime back on the thread that the Hadron > Collider was powered by GNU/Linux, and the author had provided this > link > http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/09/large-hadron-collider---po >were.html > > I just would like to know your reactions to this: > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article4744329.ece > > Anyway, they have shut down the Collider for a few months now, but I > was wondering what if this crack had fallen into the wring hands? > > Don't get me wrong, I don't really belong to the M$ camp, but I'm just > somebody who believes that despite all that Linux has managed to > achieve, we simply cannot afford to rest on our laurels, and that we > have miles and miles to go before we sleep. > > -Toby _______________________________________________ Mailinglist mailing list [email protected] http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org
