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

[Brian Lane]

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Lee Colleton wrote:
> Saying that Linux is "unhackable" is misleading.  There were other easier
> targets available.
> 

- From what I have read of the 'contest', they knew ahead of time that
there would be a OSX, Vista and 'Linux' machine and were able to prepare
beforehand. OSX was cracked with a Safari exploit that the user had to
execute. Vista was harder because they didn't plan for a SP1 patched
system (otherwise it would possibly had been cracked during the external
attack). Given the variety of Linux distributions available it is no
surprise that it wasn't a focus of the teams.

There certainly are cracks that could have been applied, but trying to
cover the possible permutations would not have been as 'cost effective'.

Brian

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