On Dec 26, 2004, at 6:23 AM, Ed Briggs wrote:
Lots of factual errors here folks. It's important to distinguish
between
personal opinion and fact on matters like this, because some readers
are
likely to take the opinions as factual.
First, there are lots and lots of vulnerabilities in Sparc and Solaris,
lots. Have a look at
http://search.cert.org/query.html?
rq=0&ht=0&qp=&qs=&qc=&pw=100%25&ws=1&la=&qm=0&st=1&nh=25&lk=1&rf=2&oq=&
rq=0&si=1&qt=sparc&col=certadv
so switching to Sparc to avoid exploits is simply not true, and even
Sun
wouldn't make that claim.
The assertion that switching to Linux, Unix, or MAC will bring better
security is also not true.
David -- Thanks for the interesting info. How many viruses and worms
have been created that torpedoed Apple's OS-10?
Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734. www.somis.org
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