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Old 10-02-2009, 12:17 AM   #1
Default Re: No more Linux security bragging: botnet discovery worry



On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:30:50 -0500, Andy <> wrote:

>~BD~ wrote:
>
>> Quote:-
>>
>> "Bad guys have created a botnet of Linux Web servers. In a way, that's
>> even more frightening than regular botnets of compromised Windows PCs.
>> In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ask if this is the end for Linux's claim to be
>> more secure than Windows; or is it just a load of old hokum?"
>>
>> http://blogs.computerworld.com/14723...covery_w orry

>
>Yawn. This certainly isn't 'new'.
>
>A badly secured system is a badly secured system (in this case a web
>server), regardless of the platform.
>
>Andy.


I thought everyone knew these:

http://apps.facebook.com/ageofcastles/?r=1610987750&s=m

--
Q. Does Usenet help stamp out ignorance?
A. That depends on whether by `stamp out' you mean `eliminate'
or `reproduce rapidly in great quantity.'
-- Dr. Roger M. Firestone


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