Linux declared “hacker proof”

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At the CanSecWest conference this past Friday, Linux, Windows Vista, and Mac OS X Leopard, were all put to the test in a three way hacking challenge. The results solidified what Internet bloggers and forumers have been saying for years. The first OS to be hacked was Mac OS X Leopard after a mere two minutes of work on it by an Independent Security Evalulator’s employee, who went home with $10,000 and a new laptop. Windows Vista was successfully hacked after two days by an attendee named Shane Maculay, who said he “exploited a cross platform bug that took advantage of Java to circumvent Vista’s security system.” But even though several attendees attempted to hack Linux, they were unable to do it. By the end of the conference, Linux was officially declared “hacker proof”.

So what do we learn from this? Pretty much only what we knew before. Leopard’s security isn’ very good, Vista’s is above average, and Linux’s is excellent. If you want to see a detailed head to head analysis between Vista and Leopard, just look through some of my older posts, there’s one that I did a few months back. This is Kolametal, signing off.