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LennonCook · 12-24-2004, 04:53 PM

Saying Linux is more secure isn't a myth. It's true and proven. Yes, proven - this has been researched.

Jarrad, any vulnerability is potentially serious. That one in Wordpad (not notepad [img]tongue.gif[/img] ) was especially serious, since it was a buffer overflow (meaning it can allow basically anything to happen that the OS lets that program do (which is, in all OS's, probably not what you think). But, I do try to limit it to only the serious flaws, in programs people are likely to have installed... if I didn't do that, my post count would either be alot higher, or reset for spamming. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

12-24-2004, 04:53 PM	#8
LennonCook Jack Burton Join Date: November 10, 2001 Location: Bathurst & Orange, in constant flux Age: 38 Posts: 5,452	Saying Linux is more secure isn't a myth. It's true and proven. Yes, proven - this has been researched. Jarrad, any vulnerability is potentially serious. That one in Wordpad (not notepad [img]tongue.gif[/img] ) was especially serious, since it was a buffer overflow (meaning it can allow basically anything to happen that the OS lets that program do (which is, in all OS's, probably not what you think). But, I do try to limit it to only the serious flaws, in programs people are likely to have installed... if I didn't do that, my post count would either be alot higher, or reset for spamming. [img]tongue.gif[/img]