North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: WANTED: ISPs with DDoS defense solutions
> If FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, RedHat, Debian, SuSE were packaged and > and sold in stores, how would this be any different? Oh wait, They > are packaged and sold in stores! Just by comparing the OpenBSD security track record to the one of any Windows release would dismiss your point. > > People find remote exploitable flaws in the aforementioned OSes during > during their pre-release, release, after-release, alpha, beta, gamma, > delta force, and nuclear reactor stages. > It�s not black and white, while no OS is perfect, there are measurable differences on how much they are exploited. Diversity would make trojan/virus writers job harder. So diversity is good. > No one's perfect, not ISPs, not users, not software vendors, not you. > So please stop telling us about the lifestyle on planet Utopia. > So by telling people to shut up you expect to make the world more secure? Right :) Pete
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