full-disclosure - [inbox] Re: RE: Linux (in)security

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Message-ID: <006701c398ef$1487ddc0$dd03973f@LUFKIN.DPSOL.COM>
From: purdy at tecman.com (Curt Purdy)
Subject: [inbox] Re: RE: Linux (in)security

> > I have never heard of a Linux vendor saying that Linux is
> "secure out of the
> > box."
>
> More than enough people assert that Linux is secure. Just
> enter "Linux is
> secure" in Google and you see what I mean:
>
> http://www.linuxunlimited.com/why-linux.htm
> ``Properly configured and maintained, Linux is one of the
> most secure operating
>   systems available today.''
<snip>

The key words here are "properly configured".  One of the folowing links
talked about the model being based on UNIX, true but the implementation is
quite different.  Take FreeBSD 5.1, though more solid than any first release
of Linux, it is still referred to as a "New Technology Release" basically
synonymous with beta.  There "Production" release is 4.8 that I have on some
of our servers (not running a gui).  I have 5.1 as well as Linux on
workstations.

Curt Purdy CISSP, GSEC, MCSE+I, CNE, CCDA
Information Security Engineer
DP Solutions

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