USAF wants to violate federal criminal law

[Ben Wilhelm]

Scott Bennett wrote:
> It's
> worth noting that the BSD users and even LINUX users don't have Windows
> users' problem of always having to watch where they step to avoid falling
> through security holes.

Yes, the great strength of Linux is that there are never massive 
pervasive security holes, and even if there were, they would certainly 
be fixed within days.

Oh wait, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/16/debian_openssl_flaw/ - 
whoops! Linux has serious long-term security breaches also!

Well, at least there aren't any constantly-exploited packages with a 
history of insecurity that are still commonly used, oh wait ha ha 
http://www.phpbb.com/ yes there are.

Is Linux *more secure*? Absolutely. Does Linux let you walk along in 
cheerful oblivion, knowing that the Grandmaster of Linux won't let any 
security holes onto your computer? Not in the least. If you don't watch 
where you go, you won't fall through as *many* security holes - but 
you'll still fall through a few.

Claiming that isn't the case, especially with such a horrible 
counterexample mere days ago, isn't really inclined to make people 
believe you.

-Ben