"OSS means slower patches" - huh?!
Posted by jericho
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204[..].html OSS means slower patches Chris Jenkins SEPTEMBER 19, 2005
This was posted to Full-Disclosure where I first replied, and ISN picked up. Text of my reply. Articles like this do nothing positive for our industry. Jenkins should not waste his time writing fluff pieces like this, and he should do some digging or at least question other sources. Of course, this is not the first time Symantec’s vuln stats have been questioned either. Since that post, no one at Symantec has given any insight as to how they derive their statistics and what lead to their conclusions.
I haven’t had time to read the full report mirrored here, but I have a feeling it will bring more questions than answers like the previous one did.
Symantec’s report got more press:
http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/09/19/security/index.php Symantec: Mac users deluding themselves over security By Matthew Broersma, Techworld.com
Mac users are “operating under a false sense of security”, according to Symantec, and Firefox users will have to recognize that the open-source browser is currently a greater security risk than Internet Explorer.
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