While this message screams troll, there's the possiblity your question is legit.
On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 03:39:22PM -0800, John Gedeon wrote: > I have Debian installed on my home computer (3.0 stable version) I > want to use it to remote login in to work, however the people in > charge of the remote logins (IT) at my work say that Debian has lots > of security holes. Is Debian free of potential sercurity holes, no. Is _any_ software free of security holes, extremely doubtful. > I was wondering what security holes Debian may have (especially in > comparison to Red Hat) if any. And if any of those cannot be taken > care of. None that I'm aware of. > They also claimed that Debian isn't stable in comparison to Red Hat, > Is Red Hat more stable? Not in my experience. Additionally, I find Debian much easier to maintain and update. > I am asking for this information so that I have more backing when I > tell the IT people here that Debian as good if not better than Red > Hat. I would prefer to use Debian. Sounds like the members of your IT department (or at least those you've spoken with) are just biased. I would ask them to provide a basis for their statements. -- Jamin W. Collins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]