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- <li><em>date</em>: Fri Feb 20 13:26:43 2004</li>
- <li><em>from</em>: ALE at CogginsNet.com (Robert Coggins)</li>
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Chris Ricker wrote:
>On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Robert Coggins wrote:
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>>Hey all,
>>
>>Here at work I have been pushing linux and would use the argument that
>>linux is so much more secure etc. and etc. Someone that I have been
>>advocating to just sent me the following link. How do I argue this
>>article. The only thing I can think to say it read the last
>>paragraph... :)
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>><a rel="nofollow" href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-5162055.html?tag=nefd_top";>http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-5162055.html?tag=nefd_top</a>
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>I'm not sure that there's anything to argue. It's true that there was
>another round of local root exploits found in the Linux kernel. Linux does
>have security issues, just like any OS. Unlike some other OSes, though,
>security fixes are generally timely (unlike, say, the six months it took
>Microsoft after the remote ASN.1 vulnerabilities were pointed out to them
>;-)
>
>later,
>chris
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