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Linux/Apache security in question

         

Xoc

3:02 pm on Aug 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

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In this article [news.bbc.co.uk], there is this quote:

For the survey, the Computer Security Institute interviewed 538 computer security experts in business, government agencies, medical institutions and universities.
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Some 90% of organisations said they had been victims of website defacements in 2001, a rise from 64% in the previous year.

If the majority of web sites are using Linux/Apache, and 90% of web sites have been hacked to the point that they have been defaced, what does that say about Linux/Apache security?

I think it is more likely that the survey is a crock, but wanted to get this out.

Air

5:33 pm on Aug 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Based on the content of that article it is really hard to tell what it says about anything. IMO no conclusion can be drawn about Linux/Apache, or Win/IIS for that matter based on the facts presented. But I know you're mostly just jousting .... :)