From: "Geo." 

if it's part of the distribution it counts.

Geo.

"Adam Flinton"  wrote in
message news:402b2d0f$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Rich wrote:
>
> >    You don't have to look so far.  RedHat released a bulletin for a
> > remote attack and likely exploit today.  See
> > https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-051.html.
>
> Which is for an application called mutt not linux.
>
> > The previous remote
> > vulnerability, not the previous vulnerbility, was just three weeks
> > earlier (https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-032.html).
>
> Which is for a IM app called GAIM not linux.
>
> > There are
> > 11 security vulnerabilities in redhat linux 9 so far this year and 81
> > since it was released just 10-1/2 months ago.  That is about 7-1/2
> > vulnerabilities per month.  It's not that linux is not full of problems,
> > it's that virtually no one cares.
> >
>
> Hey let's start adding up all the vulnerabilities in all the windows
> applications. Heck a mozilla on windows problem would thus be a
> Windows/MS one as would an AOL one or a borland one etc.etc.
>
> Adam
>
> > Rich
> >
> >
> >     "Jeff Shultz"  >     > wrote in message
> >     news:pan.2004.02.12.05.48.06.499952{at}shultzinfosystems.com...
> >     On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 20:55:34 -0500, Geo. wrote:
> >
> >      > http://www..eeye.com/html/Research/Upcoming/index.html
> >     http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Upcoming/index.html>
> >      >
> >      > Just go look it's not an exploit it's a list of reasons why you
can't
> >      > trust MS to protect your computers.
> >      >
> >      > Geo.
> >
> >     There are some who would probably kill me for this.. but I'd really
be
> >     interested in seeing what would happen if eeye turned some of that
> >     talent
> >     loose on Linux.
> >
> >     Either we'd get a heck of a lot of fixes...or the Linux-heads would
have
> >     some strong evidence to back up the claim that Linux is more secure
than
> >     Windows.
>

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