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I Think It's A Great News Story - It Is The APPS Not The OS
I give kudos to the students who took the time to uncover the flaws in the Unix software, this will give the industry an opportunity to fix those flaws and make it more secure than it already is. This article makes mention that it is the apps that have the flaws in it, so the comments shouldn't focus on the acutal OS itself, but the apps.

I like this idea because the students have the opportunity to view the source code and pick out the flaws from them, unlike Microsoft who has the code locked up in a vault 300 feet below the earth's surface guarded by a battalion of eunuchs.

One question: What flavor of Unix were they using and what apps were they using? The article states Unix, not Linux so get the comments on track about this and let's not start a flame war.
Posted by: itanalyst   Posted on: 12/16/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Message has been deleted.  No__ | 12/15/04
Eh?  DpuTiger | 12/15/04
Agreed.  htotten | 12/16/04
Microsoft Code please, sir.  aaron.hodgson@... | 12/16/04
You'll never get it...  htotten | 12/16/04
Not again?  John Le'Brecage | 12/16/04
Imposter  ShadeTree | 12/16/04
re: Imposter  richdave | 12/16/04
BOFH, I thought you learned your lesson.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/16/04
Most exploits are of the users not the system  crocd | 12/16/04
Correct....  htotten | 12/16/04
Grabbing two at random  Nigel Johnstone | 12/16/04
Nigel if that is the case  crocd | 12/16/04
I'd like to see what they would find in windows  Arrg | 12/16/04
That would be a high school assignment. (nt)  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/20/04
Not flaws, rather "undocumented features"  Prognosticator | 12/16/04
How Stupid -- Let the flame wars begin ...  coffeenite | 12/16/04
Hmm, are you sure?  Roger Ramjet | 12/16/04
Flawed reasoning  ibabadur1 | 12/16/04
Yes, flawed is right  Roger Ramjet | 12/16/04
Yes but  ibabadur1 | 12/16/04
re: Yes but  richdave | 12/16/04
Obvious stated  ibabadur1 | 12/16/04
how about software auditing seems to work for openbsd  hipparchus2000 | 12/16/04
Therefore  michael-t | 12/19/04
Well nix...you finally made it!  IT Scion | 12/16/04
so you don't think openBSD is any safer that windows then?  hipparchus2000 | 12/16/04
And  michael-t | 12/19/04
Actually  Linux User 147560 | 12/16/04
Actually The flaws are in the apps source code.  The King's Servant | 12/17/04
This is what free software is all about.  George Mitchell | 12/16/04
Darwin would be proud!  Roger Ramjet | 12/16/04
I Think It's A Great News Story - It Is The APPS Not The OS  itanalyst | 12/16/04
Which Unix version?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 12/16/04
I agree, but....  itanalyst | 12/16/04
Read the reports  bobjones68@... | 12/16/04
Yagotta is right.  The King's Servant | 12/17/04
Not trying to flame ya on this but  IT Scion | 12/16/04
Well if that's how you feel...  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/20/04
well...  IT Scion | 12/20/04
I'm nitpicking a little  dschrey | 12/16/04
That's especially true...  ~rpb~ | 12/16/04
Collaboration was encouraged...  The King's Servant | 12/17/04
No_Ax, Check The Math In The Linux PC Story  itanalyst | 12/16/04
Is Unix still safer than ... ? YES!  mwagner@... | 12/16/04
Obscurity is false security  ibabadur1 | 12/16/04
You have got to be kidding.  The King's Servant | 12/17/04
well keep in mind  Been_Done_Before | 12/16/04
This is good news.  John L. Ries | 12/16/04
So they found flaws in old applications.  B.O.F.H. | 12/16/04
Everything has flaws.. it's how much DAMAGE the OS..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 12/16/04
STUDENT PROJECT  welshjames@... | 12/16/04
Well you finally made it(repost)  IT Scion | 12/16/04
Linux apologists never fail to please! (NT)  NonZealot | 12/16/04
That's what makes Linux Great!  daver_z | 12/16/04
It's funny  IT Scion | 12/16/04
No, It's Not That  itanalyst | 12/16/04
Source Code availability  ibabadur1 | 12/16/04
actually it's pretty easy to get windows source code  hipparchus2000 | 12/16/04
Stolen code is 'unavailable' for testing  RAnthony | 12/18/04
Wonderful!!  richdave | 12/16/04
libsafe  zdmpetty | 12/16/04
What me worry?  mlindl | 12/17/04
Misleading, sensationalist, and meaningless headline and article!!  emofine | 12/17/04
A better headline would be....  rock06r | 12/19/04
"Dozens of grains of sand found on beach?"  IT Scion | 12/19/04
And furthermore...  emofine | 12/17/04
Not surprised  CobraA1 | 12/18/04
Good that ppl are looking  FilledOut | 12/18/04
Ok going rate on Windows Flaws is....  PhoenixStorm26 | 12/19/04
What does Windows have to do with this article?  IT Scion | 12/19/04

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