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To: rdb3
Im not trying to crack the Linux crowd, homie. Im just saying that Linux is always touting security.

Well, hackers are now going to put every effort into defeating this challenge and look for Linux to be a target. Linux distros will eventually end up putting patches out there just like M$ has to do.
16 posted on 09/17/2002 10:32:19 AM PDT by smith288
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To: smith288
Im not trying to crack the Linux crowd, homie. Im just saying that Linux is always touting security.

I didn't think you were trying to make a crack. I was just saying how this problem has already been fixed. I'm surprised anyone who is running OpenSSL and its Apache mod would still be vulnerable. Then again, not everyone keeps their eyes open, no matter what platform they use.

22 posted on 09/17/2002 10:38:27 AM PDT by rdb3
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To: smith288; rdb3
Linux distros will eventually end up putting patches out there just like M$ has to do.

Ummm... you may want to actually go to, oh, say Redhat's site and search through their rpms and tgzs. You'll find a number of "patches" far more specific in nature than, for instance, MS' servus packs. "Build yer own kernel, damnit!" rdb3, are you running a server with the 2.5 kernel?

63 posted on 09/17/2002 12:25:12 PM PDT by Freemeorkillme
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To: smith288
Well, hackers are now going to put every effort into defeating this challenge and look for Linux to be a target.

Actually, hackers have been exploiting Unix bugs and security holes forever. Entire volumes could be written on the subject. It's just not a sexy topic on the news because not a whole lot of average consumers are running Unix based Operating Systems on their home PCs (prior to Mac OS X, anyway). Security issues on enterprise servers are usually fixed quickly and quietly, so as not to alarm the shareholders or the clients, and corporate servers are usually better protected from intrusion than the average home-PC.

Also, the hacks generally don't make the same sort of huge, obvious nationwide splash that, say, a successful Outlook virus can create (I actually like Microsoft, especially their developer tools, but Outlook is definitely not high on my opinion meter).

107 posted on 09/17/2002 2:15:09 PM PDT by RogueIsland
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