Re: Linux unhackable at TippingPoint contest ,,
"Doug Mentohl" <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:c4ff314a-c66f-45b4-aa1c-e4b1382cb720@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"The Linux fans will be thrilled to find out that their favorite
operating system have proved the safest at the contest organized this
week by the security firm TippingPoint"
http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Linux_Unhackable_At_TippingPoint_Contest_15743.html
You are starting to take lessons from Shestowicz, I see. A more careful
search on the matter shows that none of the machines could be compromised
remotely (day one) or even locally (day two) with their OS as the only
active element. Once third-party software was allowed, Apple went first and
Vista was compromised by an Adobe flaw based on Java. The perp said that
the same attack would work with Apple or Linux, so the Ubuntu resistance was
pure serendipity.
Bottom line the flaw was in the Adobe product, not in the Microsoft product
and Linux has nothing to be proud of other than being ignored by the
attacker.
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