I wonder if the attacks on SCO Unix came IBM starship Enterprise!? On Jan 27, 2004, at 4:26 PM, Todd Walker wrote: > http://marketwatch-cnet.com.com/2100-1002_3-5148058.html? > type=pt&part=marketwatch-cnet&tag=feed&subj=news > > > > > "To say a system is secure because no one is attacking it is very > dangerous," said Gates, > referring to operating systems that have a smaller share of the desktop > market, such > as Apple's Macintosh OS and the open-source software Linux. > > But patch management continues to be the largest headache, Gates said. > "Everybody who had their > software completely up-to-date (during the epidemics) was immune to > those problems. But only 20 > percent of our customers were, so obviously, we weren't doing enough." > > > Hmmm - My Mac OS X server has survived attacks directed at UNIX that > were successful against > various other UNIX servers around here a number of times. According to > Gates, no one is attacking it. > The last time I checked the goal of most attackers was to take over > Unix systems, not Windows > computers, because they were more useful once hijacked. The "attacks" > against OS X continue > on a regular basis, they just don't succeed. > Yasvir Tesiram PostDoctoral Fellow Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Dept. Free Radical Biology and Ageing 825 NE 13th Street, OKC, OK, 73104 P: (405) 271 7126 F: (405) 271 1795 E: [log in to unmask]