[Wisconsin]

The aberdeen report is nonsense. Their count for Linux counted the same problem repeatedly when it was present in different distrbutions, and included application vulnerabilities with OS vulnerabilities (Linux distibutions usually include thousands 0f apps).

My firewall detects windows attacks almost evry day -- it has yet to detect a Linux attack.

[Bush2000]

The aberdeen report is nonsense. Their count for Linux counted the same problem repeatedly when it was present in different distrbutions

Do you have a link/cite which proves this -- or is this your opinion?

... and included application vulnerabilities with OS vulnerabilities (Linux distibutions usually include thousands 0f apps).

Here's the funny thing about Linux folks. You bash Microsoft for security bugs in IIS and other components as "OS vulnerabilities" -- when they are clearly applications bundled with the operating system. Then, when people find vulnerabilities in Apache or WS-FTP or BIND, you claim that they're "applications" and shouldn't have been included in the total. Pot, meet kettle. You can't have it both ways. Either IIS isn't part of the operating system -- or it is. Decide which hypocrisy you prefer -- and then maybe we'll talk.