Linux most breached OS

[Mike Rathburn]

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|[mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com]On Behalf Of John Esak
|Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 3:29 AM
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|Subject: OT: Linux most breached OS
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|According to the research firm's report, Linux accounted for 65% of the
|154,846 systems that were found to be hacked. Windows-based operating
|systems were second, accounting for 25% of the breached
|systems examined in
|the study.
|
|The safest systems were those based on BSD Unix, including
|Apple's Mac OS X
|operating system. These systems accounted for 4% of the
|breached systems.
|
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Thanks for posting John.

The numbers they quote fall right in line with the fact that at least 65% of
all internet-connected systems are Linux-based systems, 25% Microsoft-based
systems, and 4% other.  The same argument is made on the desktop, where 90%
of all desktops that get infected are Microsoft-based desktops.  Of course,
they're 90% of that market too.

The question to ponder would be:  If Microsoft were 65% of the web server
market, would the study reflect the same 25% vulnerability ratio?

-MikeR