[plug] firefox and linux pass security test

Gavin Chester sales at ecosolutions.com.au
Thu Mar 9 19:26:58 WST 2006


Preaching to the converted here, but a report from Symantec pans windows and
IE compared to linux (allow for line wrap with the URL):

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060308/tc_cmp/181501722;_ylt=AhJkTGJ9tXH5Y5Q8l
rKhf1kjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA

"Windows XP Professional, said Symantec, stays safe just one hour and 12
seconds, while the
Windows 2000 Server (with SP4) made it an hour and 17 minutes. An unpatched
Windows Server 2003 system lasted somewhat longer.

In contrast, unpatched
Linux installations of both Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and SuSE Linux 9
Desktop were never compromised during their month-and-a-half exposure to
attackers."

Enjoy, Gavin




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