Subject: Re: Lead Windows developer bugged by security From: JD Runyan <JRunyan.Lists@dms.nwcg.gov> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 09:20:59 -0500 Message-Id: <1031841305.17414.3.camel@katya>
On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 08:39, Jeremy Fowler wrote:
> Valentine, too, took the opportunity to point out the widespread bugs that have
> been discovered in competing operating products such as Linux and Unix.
>
> "Every operating system out there is about equal in the number of
> vulnerabilities reported," he said. "We all suck."
I love this line, but it only works when you count a hole in apache once
each for AIX,HPUX,LINUX, and every other UNII out there and add them
together. The same for sendmail, and the rest of the software common to
these systems. The fundemental issue that Valentine misses here, is
that IBM, HP, Sun, and the open source community respond to security
holes with honesty, and action, rather than marketing fodder.
-- Jason D. Runyan USDA NITC KC Mid-Range Systems