Comment Quick exposure of problems is a bad thing?? (Score 1) 50
I'm sorry, have there been any actual exploits reported based on either of the past week's trojan horse episodes? Stolen credit cards or trade secrets? Long downtimes?
What counts is not the number of security vulnerabilites listed on security/hacker sites, but the damage done when those vulnerabilities are exploited.
With open source, vulnerabilities are spotted quickly and publicized widely. This reduces the chances of real damage - if system administrators are paying attention.
Linux system administrators (including me) will have to be especially careful in coming months, as Linux begins chomping up market share. Lots of angry, envious twerps will be out there looking to bring about a widely publicized security 'incident' to cast aspersions on the viability of Linux and OSS in general.
-Doug
What counts is not the number of security vulnerabilites listed on security/hacker sites, but the damage done when those vulnerabilities are exploited.
With open source, vulnerabilities are spotted quickly and publicized widely. This reduces the chances of real damage - if system administrators are paying attention.
Linux system administrators (including me) will have to be especially careful in coming months, as Linux begins chomping up market share. Lots of angry, envious twerps will be out there looking to bring about a widely publicized security 'incident' to cast aspersions on the viability of Linux and OSS in general.
-Doug
