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Story: Linux servers 'attacked more often'
a) All the windows servers are already compromised, therefore no need to attack (Seriously)
b) 13654 servers successfully attacked, where would they get a number like that: extrapolation or heuristics? You can't log that many cases.
c) Author states it does not include worms. Duh.
This article appears to be a cross between anecdotal and toung-in-cheek.
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Story: Linux servers 'attacked more often'
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Welcome to the real world Linux! I hope you decide... Dave Oliver -
Not suprising is you consider Linux is used by the... Mark Cope -
mi2g is a dodgy company with dodgy staff in need o... Anonymous -
The MI2G study of servers "did not include other m... David Mohring -
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ATTACKERS EXECUTING COMMANDS FROM THO... David Mohring -
a) All the windows servers are already compromised... Anonymous -
Most likely open mail relays were considered "comp... Anonymous -
Yes... From my experience, GNU/Linux systems are m... Matthew C. Tedder -
I had to laugh at this comment: "With Windows serv... Joel Stone -
Mi2g is a very dodgy company. I'm not sure you wan... Anonymous -
did they control for the number of servers? and h... mark hahn -
This is just the begining of the mess.
For years o... Spark -
That doesn't mean that Linux servers are bad. The... Anonymous -
Well. I agree that they counted more Linux servers... Sam
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