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Re: [News] Vista and Leopard Defeated, GNU/Linux Wins "Most Secure" Crown

On 2008-03-29, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:

> From the article:
>
> "Macaulay said the flaw that he exploited was a cross-platform bug that
>                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> took advantage of Java to circumvent Vista's security."
>
> "The flaw is in something else, but the inherent nature of Java allowed us 
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> to get around the protections that Microsoft had in place," he said in an
> interview shortly after he claimed his prize Friday. "
>
> "This could affect Linux or Mac OS X." 
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> "Macaulay said he chose to work on Vista because he had done contract work
> for Microsoft in the past and was more familiar with its products."
>
> So, in other words, he attacked Vista because it was more popular, thus he
> knew more about it.

Wrong.

He attacked Vista because he knew more about it, which had nothing to
do with any popularity contests.

The jury's still out on whether anybody /could/ exploit it in linux or
Mac. The only thing that's known is it's a Java bug that's cross-
platform. We /do/ know he was able to get around any "security"
measures MS put into Vista, but we /don't/ know if the same can be done
on anything else using the same bug.

Any measures you can find to defend the monopolists, eh Erik? Even if
it demonstrates foolishness and/or lack of ability to comprehend?

-- 
He who laughs last is slow.

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