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Hackers Give Linux an Easy Ride
Apr 2, 2008, 15 :45 UTC (11 Talkback[s]) (7459 reads)

(Other stories by Gregg Keizer)

"'There was just no interest in Ubuntu,' said Terri Forslof, manager of security response for 3Com's TippingPoint, which put up the cash prizes awarded at the contest last week at CanSecWest. 'A contest such as this is not a measure of relative security between operating systems. It's not an accurate barometer.'

"Just because the laptop--a Sony running the Ubuntu 7.10 distribution of Linux--had been untouched doesn't mean that the operating system is any more secure than either Mac OS X or Windows Vista, both which fell to attacks..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
I see what Forslof is saying, that the f ...   In a way it is accurate   
Craig
Apr 2, 2008, 16:09:50
 
That's what Forsloff told CMPWORLDUK ...   Forsloff yesterday.   
Rainer Weikusat
Apr 2, 2008, 16:31:49
 
Great, linux is easy to hack, shut up an ...   Show me the code.   
Jimmy the geek
Apr 2, 2008, 16:46:44
 
I don't really believe there was a s ...   Depends on how you look at it   
Phil
Apr 2, 2008, 17:56:28
 
The recipe that explains how the entire  ...   I can't believe Linux won   
Jose_X
Apr 2, 2008, 19:22:36
 
So, there was no "interest" in cracking  ...   Terri Forslof is an idiot.   
Brandioch Conner
Apr 2, 2008, 21:40:55
 
According to one of the talkbacks (and n ...   Microsoft,   
Gary Stewart
Apr 2, 2008, 22:13:39
 
Exactly.  If waltzing off with a few tho ...   Exactly.   
Sarah
Apr 2, 2008, 22:17:40
 
... the hackers knew of an easier target ...   Linux didn't fall because ...   
Mark
Apr 2, 2008, 23:15:56
 
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/team/tfor ...   Disclaimer missing   
jhansonxi
Apr 3, 2008, 01:18:30
 
How embarrassing. I wonder how many Soft ...   So who was the last man standing?   
Jose_X
Apr 3, 2008, 04:54:23
 
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