[plug] firefox and linux pass security test

[Kai Jones]

...and for those who're having problems opening that link because it
wraps quite anally, try this:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060308/tc_cmp/181501722

I'm sending that URL to my boss so he can see there is background to me
taking the piss out of our current (over) use of Windows on our
networks.

I say "current" over use because I've talked him into letting me install
Linux in at least ONE of our older, unused servers at work so he can see
just what it's capable of - and all for the lovely $0 price tag :D

Cheers
Kai 

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Gavin Chester
Sent: Thursday, 9 March 2006 7:27 PM
To: Plug at Plug. Org. Au
Subject: [plug] firefox and linux pass security test 

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=AhJkTGJ9tXH5Y
5Q8l
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