And the NSA has contributed a security framework for it in the past.
Two points:
There is no real security in obscurity.
Unix learned lessons years ago about buffer overflows and unchecked
parameters in operations involving escalation of privileges.
On the second point, many shops moved
Nearly any operating sytem that comes under a focused attack by a
nation-state or especially the NSA is unlikely to withstand it.
John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net writes:
And the NSA has contributed a security framework for it in the past.
Two points:
There is no real security in
If you fire up Metasploit you will find many known exploits for NT.
-Dave Walton
On Jun 9, 2012, at 9:38 AM, John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net wrote:
And the NSA has contributed a security framework for it in the past.
Two points:
There is no real security in obscurity.
Unix learned
They all use the same guts these days ; that is, a Unix compliant
kernel, often based on the Mach Ten BSD kernel, at least a few years
back when I paid attention. Apple does too, it's not a secret.
The difference is the rest of the OS -- Apple and Linux (in all the
various flavors -- it
The US Navy has signed off on a $27,883,883 contract from military
contractor Raytheon to install Linux ground control software for its fleet
of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drones.
While the US military has been a growing user of Linux, the contract might
also have something to do
On Jun 8, 2012, at 10:00 PM, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote:
After a malware attack on the Air Force's Windows-based drone-control system
last year, there has been a wholesale move to Linux for security reasons.
Which sucks because now the Chinese, Russians, and anyone else that
