 jdongEat A Beaver, Save A Tree.Premium
join:2002-07-09
Rochester, MI
kudos:1 | reply to phoneboy3
Re: Vista and Mac lose over Linux in Hacking contest No, my point is, there should be more work going into proactive security measures such as establishing SELinux/Apparmor security contexts for desktop applications that are prone to exploitation, such as web browsers or untrusted code.
Even as an Ubuntu developer and advocate, I wouldn't think to conclude from this contest that Ubuntu is somehow more secure. It may be, it may not be, but what's apparent is that this class of exploits would work perfectly fine on Ubuntu -- we have nothing that actively stops it other than general stack-smashing protection from buffer overflows.
--
Ubuntu MOTU Developer and Forums Council |
