security shouldn't be relied on the OS (Linux,OSX,Windows, BSD, et.al.) _alone_. although some are secured by default, we should rely on the administrator's, et.al. skills for implementing (system) security measures instead . complacent, and ignorant admin (not to mention developers) can commit a stupid mistake to make an OS (despite being secured by default), vulnerable.
a system might be secured for "now" but it won't be that long. and, aside from the fact that exploits can be compared to viruses, etc. wherein patch / anti-viruses usually trail behind. hmmm, would this lead you to use paranoia as a motivation? i remember one CTO who keeps on saying "be afraid, be very afraid".... :D On 7/12/06, Mark Ryan del Moral Talabis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It would be really interesting how this was done. They're actually taking the machine offline and reinstalling it. They've also put the other servers offline. I'm actually quite fond of the Debian distribution. I wonder what security measures that they had in place? Anyway, I've been asked a lot of times on what is the most secure linux distribution to use. I have my own opinions about that but I would really like to get some of your views here. Anyway, here's the post about the compromise.
On 7/12/06, Happy Kamote Foundation <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ouch! for the 2nd time! >
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