[plug] firefox and linux pass security test

[Shannon Carver]

Hmm, I always wonder with these news reports...

It's always fun to hear them, and I sort of chuckle inside every time I
do, but they don't really prove anything.

Possibly, IE vs Firefox on an unpatched Windows system may be a little
more fair, but there are so many factors at play comparing operating
systems like that.

Ah well :P

Shannon

Gavin Chester wrote:
> 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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