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ZDNet: Linux Zombies Show Platforms Don’t Matter

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 15, 2006

“When fellow blogger Richard Stiennon posted this blog/podcast
about new types of alarming DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service)
attacks where an army of Linux zombies were used, he got a bit of a
bashing by some of the Linux fans.

“Ironically, Richard himself has recently bashed the entire
Windows Platform and stated unequivocally as an ‘IT Commandment’
but that the Windows Platform should be avoided entirely…”

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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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