Howdy, This may be of interest to some on the list ;-) Security: Unpatched and Doing Fine? by Kristy Westphal It's been a year since the Honeynet project published the results of their study (pdf) , which concluded that Linux systems can last much longer than Windows systems unpatched on the Internet. I am sure that to some extent this remains true, but I wonder when I see things such as statistics (e.g.,http://www.zone-h.org/en/stats) that claim the highest percentage of attacks are seen on Linux systems and the number two reason they are attacked is because they are unpatched. This has long been a sore spot for me in the Linux world, not because Linux systems are "unsafe", but because patching (not just for enterprises, but even for home users) on Linux is a pain. Some versions are easier than others, but simply trying to get the patches and ensure that you don't break anything is usually a challenge. And I don't see it getting easier, either. Full article at, http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=10075/ur0604e/ taharka Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
