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Old 01-09-2005, 06:00 PM   #21
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Few people... you wanna hear a funny story? There's this group of hackers, and they wanted to hack into Microsoft Complement Database in Redmond. So they got through level one, level two(there are, as the legend goes, 7 levels) and so on, untill level six. And what do they encounter there? A RedHat distro of Linux! So go figure [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Old 01-09-2005, 06:03 PM   #22
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My point is that too few people use Linux for it to be a good hacker target. If more people were using it then more info could be stolen and it would be more worthwile for hackers to target Linux.
And my point holds. Why has MS IIS had more vulnerbilities in it's lifetime than the more popular Apache? If your logic was right, then wouldn't it be more worthwhile for hackers to target Apache? And yet, they don't seem to. Or atleast, they don't seem to be succesful. Whichever way you cut it, this can't be the only reason if it is a reason at all.
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Old 01-09-2005, 06:08 PM   #23
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I wasn't talking about Apache, I was talking about Linux in general.
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Old 01-09-2005, 06:08 PM   #24
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Windows Update downloads work in a way that they download slowly over time in the background and once downloaded install. That means that if you log on an hour each day only SP2 shall download only those times and can resume itself. You can do other work while doing all this. Then when it has finished downloading you can install.
Segemented downloads != smaller downloads.
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Old 01-09-2005, 06:12 PM   #25
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I wasn't talking about Apache, I was talking about Linux in general.
I debate your logic, not your example. If Linux were only secure at the moment because it is less popular, we would have seen this phenominon before. Yet what we see, is just the opposite.
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Old 01-09-2005, 06:22 PM   #26
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I don't know too much about Linux, what I am saying is that it is targeted less by hackers (meaning succesfull and unsuccesful attempts both) than Windows because less people use it.
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Old 01-09-2005, 06:36 PM   #27
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We understood that the first time. It just isn't true.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/securit...s_linux/#myth1
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Old 01-09-2005, 06:44 PM   #28
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We understood that the first time... we're just crusaders on a cause.

http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/56200327
http://www.informationweek.com/story...cleID=18700097

ON TO THE NEXT WINDMILL!

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Old 01-09-2005, 06:45 PM   #29
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My bad then, but let it be said in my defence that I am not very experienced with Linux and heard that argument used many times.
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Old 01-09-2005, 06:57 PM   #30
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Read the articles dplax.

I tend to think that internet articles are like a$$holes, everyone can find one that says what they want it to, especially when you're... A CRUSADER!! bump badda bump bump bumm...

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