Check this article http://www.osnews.com/story/21162/Miller_Cracks_Safari_Within_Seconds_Wins_PWN2OWN_Contest
Showing that Linux is the least vulnerable to attacks. How about the Conflicker Worm? does it bother linux? On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Louie Miranda <[email protected]> wrote: > San mo nakita ung article? (below) > >> >> >“Further, these top hackers have targeted the national and local websites >> of the PIDS, DOST, DOLE, Napolcom, >Supreme Court and Department of >> Education which are using the Linux Operating System, a free and openly >> >available software which makes them highly vulnerable to hacking,” >> > > > -- > Louie Miranda ([email protected]) > http://www.louiemiranda.net > > Quality Web Hosting - www.axishift.com > Pinoy Web Hosting, Web Hosting Philippines > > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 2:34 PM, paul <[email protected]> wrote: > >> hey, >> >> >The article ended with; >> >> >“Further, these top hackers have targeted the national and local websites >> of the PIDS, DOST, DOLE, Napolcom, >Supreme Court and Department of >> Education which are using the Linux Operating System, a free and openly >> >available software which makes them highly vulnerable to hacking,” >> >> logic 1: free and openly available software makes the software >> vulnerable to hacking >> >> perhaps you should wonder then why google, amazon, NASA, NSA, other >> big companies such as: http://www.aaxnet.com/design/linux2.html are >> using linux? >> >> logic 2: in a population of apple, i pick one apple and its color is >> green... then all apples are green. >> >> it is easy to google and link articles that demonstrate a hacked linux >> server... but generalizing it >> to say that all *systems running linux are vulnerable* is a flawed >> logic. we can do the same logic with any OS. the better way to >> validate system vulnerability is to examine it in depth... and use >> appropriate statistics to determine which OS is more vulnerable. >> Knowledge is power but illusion of knowledge is more dangerous than >> ignorance. >> >> -ppp >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >
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