But you knew that, right?
Yes, that was my point. You’re right the author doesn’t overstate the strength of Linux but many people do. In all fairness its not usually linux that gets hacked, but the installed software.
We just had a client who had one of their linux web server hacked (Ubuntu) through installed software. It appeared to be a completely scripted hack but opened up some serious issues. Intruder installed a phishing site on their server and leveraged access to the DB server through Mysql. The DB server gave them complete access to the corporate network.