Re: Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs

[Jeff Waugh <jdub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<quote who="jam">

> The the famous Win Mac Linux security shoot off: Win and Mac broken but no
> body wanted the $10,000 and Sony Viao for breaking the linux box. Hmmmm.

These events are more about reputation and strutting than money. Reckon that
cracking into a Linux machine is going to do more for your rep than finding
a seriously scary and damaging vector into a Mac or Windows machine? That's
what those dudes were after (and found).

- Jeff

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