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RE: Microsoft prepares security assault on Linu x ]
From: "Burnes, James" <james.burnes () gwl com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 15:05:06 -0700
Not only that. Ballmer complained about the possibility of an evil Chinese hacker adding *secret* back door code to compromise the kernel. What a joke. Tell me, Mr. Ballmer, who was it that compromised national security by giving the Chinese government (among others) the privilege of viewing the Win2K source code? Would that be Microsoft? http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200303/04/eng20030304_112657.shtml That kind of crap really pisses me off. Talk about your serious national security threat. What if the Chinese found serious bugs in the sources and then decided not to tell anyone? Where the hell is the NSA and FBI in this psychodrama? Win2K, Win2K3 should be de-listed as acceptable software in the intelligence and defense world. Who am I more concerned about? Some random Chinese hacker screwing with open code, or the Chinese government which has many, many more eyes to pinpoint likely attacks in source code only they can view. Ballmer is a fool and thinks that we are too. BTW: Whoever is auditing the Linux kernel contributions; let's make sure that MS source code doesn't get transferred from the Chinese review of source code to the Linux kernel. Pot, kettle, black.
-----Original Message----- From: KF [mailto:dotslash () snosoft com] Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 12:11 PM Cc: full-disclosure () lists netsys com Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Microsoft prepares security assault on Linux ] good lord... is this a joke? They compare windows 2003 server to redhat 6.0! Thats pretty damn close to apples and oranges. How about NT4.0 to RH6.... thats a more level playing field? Even 2k3 vs. RH9 would be a bit more on point. I fail to see how you can compare software that is 5 years old to something that was just released. "there were 17 critical vulnerabilities. For Windows Server 2003, there were four. For Red Hat Linux 6, they were five to ten times higher." -KF _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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