Regarding the coolness of Linux...

Hello, All! Open threat The introduction of spyware into the source codes of open source programs seems to be comes into fashion. Following the July hack of the OpenSSH server ( #456) and the October incident with Sendmail ( #466), on November 13 it became known about the detection of a Trojan in software source codes Libpcap libraries and Tcpdump programs, distributed from Tcpdump.org. A bookmark built into the code of distributions posted on a server by an unknown person by an attacker, is triggered immediately after the program that carries it is compiled and launched, as a result of which full remote access to the victim machine is provided. Particularly dangerous presence of a bookmark in the Libpcap library, which is used in software tools of many Unix-like operating systems for system administration and network debugging. Although the fact of software modification was revealed In less than 24 hours, the infected distributions were sold out by many (www.hlug.org/trojan). - E.Z. Happy connections. Roman.

Hello, All! ================== Start of file: Windows Clipboard ================== Open source software, until recently considered much safer than the corporation's products Microsoft, as it turns out, contains even more vulnerabilities than Windows. This is exactly the conclusion that Aberdeen employees came to. Group, which recently published a corresponding report. So, for example, for the first ten months of the current year, more than half (more precisely, 16 of 29) CERT warnings concerned Linux. Number of CERT messages about Trojans programs for Windows decreased from six to zero. In the case of Linux, the number of Trojans has increased slightly: in the first ten months of 2002 there were two CERT warnings issued versus one for all of 2001 d. Moreover, due to the huge number of different Linux distributions, fighting the same holes is sometimes seriously difficult, since each OS version has to release its own patches. However, although the number of reports about software vulnerabilities open source software dominates the number of warnings about vulnerabilities in Windows, it is holes in Microsoft software that are most often used by attackers to organize attacks and spread viruses. ===================== End of Windows Clipboard ====================== Happy connections. Roman.

Hello, All! ================== Start of file: Windows Clipboard ================== Operating Linux-based servers is more expensive than similar solutions on Windows based 19:28, 3.12.2002 Compulenta Analytical company IDC published the results of a study of total value ownership (TCO) of corporate information systems, built on Linux and Windows OS. During the study carried out, By the way, commissioned by Microsoft, it turned out that in the long term in the long term (more than five years), the operation of Linux-based systems may costs more than using similar functional solutions based on Windows 2000. The difference ranges from 10 to 22% in various cases. At the same time, the advantage Windows was recorded in four out of five tasks, reviewed by IDC analysts. These tasks include ensuring network infrastructure operation, print management, operation information security systems and file servers. For example, five years maintaining a local network server for a company that employs one hundred employees, using Linux costs $13,263, and in the case of Windows 2000 total cost of ownership is $11,763. The only area where Linux retains an advantage is in exploitation. web servers. In this case, costs are reduced due touse of widespread and sufficiently well-established products such as the Apache web server. TCO based web server Linux costs $30,600 over five years compared to its Windows-based counterparts - $32,305 The reason Linux is more expensive over the long term is is that this system is more difficult to administer, and setting it up requires more time and more qualified staff. As a result, payment costs, expenses, associated with recruiting outweigh the lower cost of acquiring Linux and relatively low cost software upgrades supplies and equipment. However, in case of transfer of corporate information system with one of the closed versions of UNIX on Linux, costs will be significantly lower than when switching to Windows, IDC believes. Of course, IDC's findings should not be taken as absolute truth. For example, according to according to research by the Robert Francis Group, commissioned by IBM, the total cost of ownership of systems based on Linux in the three-year period is significantly lower than the same indicator of Windows-based solutions. Read the Robert Francis report Group in PDF format is available here. Source: Reuters ===================== End of Windows Clipboard ====================== Happy connections. Roman.