Security stuff..

Hey folks, just got an interesting excerpt to share with you...Notice where
the IBM AS/400 is on the list? Is this a good thing?

Steve Glanstein
mic@aloha.com





2. How Many Vulnerabilities Per Operating System?

You may all be aware that much used commercial software can be like
Swiss cheese when you look at security vulnerabilities. Some OS-es
are worse than others, but what are the numbers, and which one
is best? Perhaps you have heard of NTBUGTRAQ. They have a database
that tracks holes and this gives a good indication. Here goes, and
you'll be surprised.

- Commercial Unix : 271 (AIX, IRIX, Solaris, HP-UX and BSD/OS)
- Linux           : 147 (aggregate)
- Windows NT/2000 : 146 (This is NT and IE together)
- Windows 3.1/9x  : 61
- FreeBSD, OpenBSD: 42
- MAC OS          : 6
- Novell Netware  : 5

So here is your reason to have a look at QualysGuard and hack
your own networks before some one else does. Check out the web
demo, and then take the next step of talking to one of our
Reps or Resellers and see it on a live system.  Start here!
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=545
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