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[linux-security] Re: evidence/timelines that show linux is "more secure"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andy Walden)
Wed Jan 29 21:25:21 1997
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 16:38:59 -0600
From: Andy Walden <andy@netimagination.com>
Reply-To: andy@netimagination.com
To: linux-security@redhat.com
Resent-From: linux-security@redhat.com
Marc Ewing wrote:
>
> I'm looking for some evidence, backup up with dates and references,
> that shows that the Linux community responds to security problems
> more quickly than other OS vendors, and thus might be considered
> "more secure". A number of fairly high profile corporations are
> starting to look for such information as they consider Linux as an
> alternative solution to other UNIXes.
Here is one that sticks out in my mind.
Cut from The Ping of Death Diary which talks about getting patches for
different platforms at
http://www.dfm.dtu.dk/netware/pingod/latest-1.html
> OK, I'm amused. In the battle for "who had the patch out fastest", the new Linux > time is 2 hours, 35 minutes 10 seconds. (This is based on the time difference > between the message notifying the Linux community of the problem, and the message > with the patch). It seems no-one could find a Windows '95 box to test it...
-andy
