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http://www.mi2g.com/cgi/mi2g/framese...ess/021104.php
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01-22-2005, 06:46 PM | #2 |
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I've only just scanned the article, but does it actually look at the percentage of systems that use Linux? Linux may have by far the most breaches running on servers (connected to web 24/7) but that's because most servers in the world use Linux. Surely if you look at the number of breaches as a fraction of the number of servers running Linux, it's not the highest?
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01-23-2005, 10:03 PM | #3 |
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It's possible that's the case. Linux servers are by far the most common on the internet, and servers account for the majority of 24/7 machines out there.
One thing that should be noted is that "manual attacks" are usually things like DDoS attacks, which are by definition no reflection on the stability or overall strength on the host OS.
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01-24-2005, 10:34 AM | #4 |
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If manual attacks are dos attacks this says actually nothing, except that the creators of the report are idiots who can't explain results properly. But you can find articles for or against anything you want and no OS is 100% secure. This kind of stuff is pretty useless.
Further in linux it depends on which programs you've got running so it's not only linux in itself that could be the problem. In windows things are so built in you won't be able to do much. These tests would be a lot more accurate if you look at which programs were exploited or even which kind of attack was done. |
01-24-2005, 12:08 PM | #5 |
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Yeah it also doesn't define "breach" very clearly.
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01-24-2005, 01:38 PM | #6 |
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Yeah, these reports are pretty much bunk.
If windows is run on the majority, Sure, then there will be more malware made for that OS. IMHO we must not put blind faith in windows. I have seen the wretched "blue screen of death" waaaaayyyy too many times to actually LIKE windows, I just tolerate it. (But since I know nothing of linux or any other OS, I dunno if they are better or not. To me the grass looks much greener elsewhere.) SilentThief
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01-24-2005, 01:50 PM | #7 | |
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01-24-2005, 02:03 PM | #8 |
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Well Linux is also inherently safer, if you follow standard advice and use it with a user (not root) account for daily business. This way, any malware, spyware, viruses etc. that ARE downloaded, have no access to the important system files etc.
As for being breached, as stated, that's usually more to do with the applications that run on it, not the Linux kernel.
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