[NTLUG:Discuss] Security Article - Dallas Morning News

[Mark Bickel]

> From discuss-admin at ntlug.org Tue Feb 22 09:36 CST 2000
> From: "B. DEGRASSE" <bdegrasse at home.com>
> To: "Discuss NTLUG" <discuss at ntlug.org>
> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:17:49 -0600
  
> Thought it interesting that the anecdotal user in news front page story "Faster Internet connections put users at risk, experts say" used "the free operating system Linux, which through its advanced features can provide a good platform for a hacker".
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> http://dallasnews.com/national/34762_DSL22.html
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> What special features are they talking about other than root.
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> I just finished reading the cover story on Linux in the Security magizine and they missed it if the hole is too big.
> 
> Bruce

Question: "How big a hole does a cracker need?"
Answer:   "Just big enough".

I would agree with the statement that "Linux ... can provide a good platform 
for a hacker". That's one of the reasons I prefer to use Linux ;-)

Unfortunately, this is just one more example of the misuse of the H-word by
the /Media/. I'm not expecting this to change, any more than people saying
"irregardless" or "thus far".

If one puts an insecure system with superior networking and programming
cababilities on a high-speed, permanent, public access IP connection
one pretty much gets what one deserves. And I don't think the DMN article
was being unfair to Linux. They cited examples of Windows' vulnerability too.

0 1 = my two bits,
Mark.Bickel at ericsson.com