Linux is the winna!

[Whirlingdervish]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080331/tc_infoworld/96823;_ylt=AmWeervU8JFgk17N1czJWbZdCGYD

saw this interesting tidbit in the news today, and I was kinda surprised.
I didn't know that companies sponsored events where people were encouraged to hack their systems..

Almost seems like a marketing gimmick tho, since the one who comes out on top can claim that they have the inherently safer/better/tougher OS.

[reaper]

these people didn't really hack the machines, they got the user to run "malicious" code through a web browser.   the contest originally required a remote-exploit to win, but go figure, no one found one.

I don't think there's been a remote-exploit released for windows since the blaster worm.  slammer and the likes were all application specific exploits.  if I were to put my money on where one is, I'd say MAC.  Windows code was probably reviewed after Blaster to no end, and linux being Open source, _lots of people are looking at the code.

of course that all depends on how you define hack,  and I guess it is, but nothing is cooler than a real remote-exploit. 

or maybe something close to as cool www.flylogic.net  - some really cool hardware hacks.  I still prefer the remote-exploit, well.. because it's remote

[RailWolf]

Linux is the winna!