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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!gatech!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!agate!nickkral From: nickkral@america.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Nick Kralevich) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: need secure OS to entrust millions to Followup-To: comp.os.linux.development.system Date: 25 Feb 1996 01:44:40 GMT Organization: Electrical Engineering Computer Science Department, University of California at Berkeley Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4goeu8$pfm@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <4gi6t6$3h9@lace.colorado.edu> <4gndum$pfk@camelot.ccs.neu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: america.cs.berkeley.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:18014 comp.os.linux.misc:88293 comp.os.linux.networking:29672 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:14361 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2316 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2457 In article <4gndum$pfk@camelot.ccs.neu.edu>, Gregory Hull <gahull@ccs.neu.edu> wrote: > Umm.. Before __ever__ considering using Linux in a commercial >environment, I'd be sure to read through the Linux Alert archive. Linux, out >of the box, Red Hat especially it seems, is full of holes. Redhat is not expecially full of holes. They just report more of their holes. I take this as a sign of responsibility, and that RedHat is willing to produce a high quality product, rather than try to cover up their security holes. Would it be right to claim that Win NT has no holes, because Microsoft never publicizes them? If you believe that, then I have some nice swampland^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hwaterfront property to sell you. :) (followups redirected to comp.os.linux.development.system ONLY). (cc'd to author) Take care, -- Nick Kralevich nickkral@cory.eecs.berkeley.edu