[SLL] Linux Comes out on top in Workstation Security Contest, apparently...

[Lee Colleton]

Saying that Linux is "unhackable" is misleading.  There were other easier
targets available.

from CanSecWest<http://www.osnews.com/story/19545/CanSecWest:_Countering_Misinformation/page2/>

> *7. "Attendees with the ability to crack Linux 'didn't want to put the
> work into developing the exploit code that would be required to win the
> contest', according to [an] IDG article<http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080329/tc_pcworld/143962>
> ."*
>

Perhaps a second round is in order which has only different Linux distros.

--Lee

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Xeno Campanoli <xcampanoli at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Linux_Unhackable_At_Tippinjg_Point_Contest_15743.html
> Everybody see this?
> xc
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