[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood for this link. ]
“In stark contrast to the long waits typical for Windows users
wanting to patch software vulnerabilities, recently discovered
security weaknesses in the core of the Linux operating system were
addressed by major vendors in a matter of just a few days this
week.“Two security vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel’s memory
management code reported by security researcher iSEC were addressed
and are now fixed in versions 2.4.25 and 2.6.3 of the Linux kernel.
Linux vendors and distributors that have released fix updates
include Red Hat, Novell’s SuSE Linux and the Debian Project.“Independent security expert Ryan Russell said that regardless
of the Windows-Linux debate over which operating system is more
secure, there is little doubt that open-source vendors respond more
quickly when vulnerabilities emerge…”