From: "Chris Robinson" 

Yeh, I mentioned this last time the topic of hot fixes and Linux came up. 
Rich's info's wrong there.

The other thing is that the flaws found in the MS stuff have taken months
to fix, whereas any problems found with Linux are patched pretty damn
quick.

Chris.

Adam Flinton wrote:

> 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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