Re: Linux Web Server Hardening (LAMP + Wiki)

[Ansgar Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2013-01-31 Eric Furman wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013, at 07:53 AM, Ansgar Wiechers wrote:
> > On 2013-01-28 Eric Furman wrote:
> > > Don't use Linux. It is insecure. Use Windows or one of the BSDs.
> > > All are much more secure.
> >
> > Do you have an argument to go with that opinion?
>
> Yes. I hate all Microsoft products, but they have made serious efforts
> to improve the security of their products. On the other hand, with a
> few notable exceptions, Linux hackers not only have no concern for
> security some of them even have an open hostility and disdain for it;
> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Linus+Torvalds+security
>
> AAAAAnd everyone runs X. X is quite possibly the most insecure piece
> of crap that everybody runs on their systems. The X consortium knows
> this and has repeatedly refused to even address the issue. To
> paraphrase a well known UNIX security expert, X doesn't act like root.
> It acts like the f*****g Kernal!
> Microsoft, on the other hand, has already fixed this issue.
> Who's more insecure now?
>
> P.S. You're all crackpots who don't understand security.
> //xkcd.com/1166/

M-hm, I see. May I humbly request that this troll be removed from the
list?

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
-- 
"All vulnerabilities deserve a public fear period prior to patches
becoming available."
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