Okunmasi fayda saglayabilir.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "RacerX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 8:44 PM Subject: Its not like we didn't already know this but...
> Sent to me by a friend - > ------------------------- > > Surprise. > > According to a study the British security firm mi2g, Linux is the world's > "most breached" OS and is exploited more frequently than Windows. The > company recently analyzed more than 235,000 successful attacks against > computers that were permanently connected to the Internet during the past > year and concluded that Linux was responsible for most of the successful > exploits. > > "For how long can the truth remain hidden, that the great emperors of the > software industry are wearing no clothes fit for the fluid environment in > which computing takes place, where new threats manifest every hour of > every day?" DK Matai, mi2g's executive chairman, said in a statement. > "Busy professionals ... don't have the time to cope with umpteen flavors > of Linux or to wait for Microsoft's Longhorn when Windows XP has proved to > be a stumbling block in some well-chronicled instances." > > According to mi2g, Linux-based computers accounted for more than 65 > percent of all successful electronic attacks during the past year, whereas > Windows-based systems were responsible for only 25 percent. Attacks > against Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD)-based systems were successful > less than 5 percent of the time. However, it's worth noting--although mi2g > didn't--that BSD-based machines make up a small percentage of the > installed base of permanently connected machines. In all probability, > those machines weren't attacked simply because there was little incentive > to do so, not because of any inherent superiority over Linux- or > Windows-based systems. > > The mi2g study also analyzed the impact of malware during the same time > period and found that most malware attacks--about 60 percent--successfully > targeted small businesses, whereas about 33 percent successfully targeted > home users. Only 6 percent of malware attacks successfully targeted > midsized businesses, whereas 2.5 percent successfully targeted > enterprises, government agencies, and similar firms. According to the > company, 459 successful malware attacks occurred during the past year, > most of which targeted Windows-based systems. Malware rarely targeted > BSD-based and Linux systems. > > These electronic attacks are taking an economic toll. The firm says that > electronic attacks such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks > caused as much as $123 billion in damages during the past year. Malware > attacks were responsible for $202 billion in damages during the same time > period. > > > > Best regards, > Chris > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Duydunuz mu! Turkiye'nin ilk FreeBSD kitabi cikti. http://www.acikkod.com/freebsd.php To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Liste arsivi: http://lists.enderunix.org ve http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd@lists.enderunix.org
