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PC Pro: Security Company Defends Linux-is-Vulnerable Survey

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 8, 2004

“A UK security company has published an open letter following a
furore in the Linux camp after a study claimed that nearly two
thirds of successful Internet-based attacks occurred on the open
source operating system.

“The mi2g Intelligence Unit study found that nearly 60 per cent
of all successful breaches were against Linux computers. However,
an article on the Linux pipeline website cast doubt on the
findings, and open source leaders such as Bruce Perens, among
others, lambasted the report as ‘ludicrous…'”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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