Linux Last Man Standing

[Hitman]

So much for Mac users thinking they are un hackable. I am sure most of us aren't suprised by these results.

PC World - Vista, MacBook Out--Only Linux Left in Hacking Contest

[azianai]

we can claim linux as PC can't we? =P

[Hitman]

Originally Posted by azianai

we can claim linux as PC can't we? =P

Technically anyone can claim linux, since it will run on anything.

[Jokerswild]

It runs as the least used OS.

[screwballl]

Originally Posted by Jokerswild

It runs as the least used OS.

and the most secure... even if Microsoft somehow lost 90% of the market share to Linux, it would still be the most secure OS on the planet.

[Jokerswild]

Originally Posted by screwballl

and the most secure... even if Microsoft somehow lost 90% of the market share to Linux, it would still be the most secure OS on the planet.

No it wouldn't because hackers would attack it then. Just as OSX is feeling the hits now.

[halutzparilla]

of course that contest is so predictable... OSX felt like a god just because hacking community ignores their small population but now see how they are so vulnerable ... and joker is right sooner or later hackers will hit Linux distros one at a time...

[screwballl]

the only way linux will really be hacked is by human error... opening a door that the user may have opened... otherwise with most distros, they are locked down tighter than a billion dollar hooker

[Jokerswild]

Originally Posted by screwballl

the only way linux will really be hacked is by human error... opening a door that the user may have opened... otherwise with most distros, they are locked down tighter than a billion dollar hooker

Yea right.

[One4yu2c]

Originally Posted by Article

Some of the show's 400 attendees had found bugs in the Linux operating system, she said, but many of them didn't want to put the work into developing the exploit code that would be required to win the contest.

That about sums it up. If Linux were to ever garner a mainstream audience, hackers would refine their techniques and exploit it, just like any other popular operating system. In a way, you could say the contest mirrored real-life.