Real-world security
http://phnix.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/real-world-security/
Many people who know or care about computer security probably wont be
surprised to hear claims that Linux or BSD is generally more secure than
Windows. That conventional wisdom has been confirmed yet again by the
results of a hacking challenge last march 28, Friday, at the CanSecWest
conference. This was reported in the InfoWorld article, "With Vista
breached, Linux remains unbeaten in hacking contest":
Earlier this week, contest sponsors had put three laptops up
for grabs to anyone who could hack into one of the systems
and run their own software. A $20,000 cash prize sweetened
the deal, but the payout was halved each day as contest
rules were relaxed and it became easier to penetrate the
computers.
On day two, Independent Security Evaluators Charlie Miller
took the Mac after hitting it with a still-undisclosed
exploit that targeted the Safari Web browser. After about
two minutes work, Thursday, Miller took home $10,000,
courtesy of 3Coms TippingPoint division, in addition to his
new laptop.
It took two days of work, but Shane Macaulay, finally
cracked the Vista box on Friday, with a little help from his
friends.
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