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eWeek: Linux: Secure As You Want It to Be

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SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Nov 11, 2005

“My colleague Larry Seltzer thinks that we may be on the verge
of an age of Linux worms that might rival the endless trouble that
Windows users find themselves in.

“Nah.

“First, none of the trio of vulnerabilities in the luppi worm
actually have a thing to do with Linux. Yes, these worms target
Linux systems, but the holes they use to target aren’t Linux holes
at all. They’re Web service script holes…”

Complete
Story

SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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