Re: [SLUG] Unpatched Linux Systems' Life Expectancy Increases

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Wed Dec 29 2004 - 14:34:11 EST


On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, Levi Bard wrote:

> > Honeynet president
> > Lance Spitzner attributes the lengthening lifespan of the systems to two
> > things: newer default installations are more secure than older ones, and
> > attackers are focusing on the more ubiquitous Windows systems.
>
> Honeynet president Lance Spitzner should know that Windows systems are
> actually LESS ubiquitous now than they were three years ago...

Um, Windows machines are "more ubiquitous" as opposed to Linux machines.

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