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RE: aside: worm vs. worm?


From: "Andrew Thomas" <andrew () generator co za>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 15:55:42 +0200

From: Darren Bennett [mailto:DARREN.L.BENNETT () saic com] 
Sent: 12 August 2003 08:07
To: Andrew Thomas
Cc: 'Mike'; joey2cool () yahoo com; 'Darren Reed'; 'Andrew J 
Homan'; Full Disclosure
Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] aside: worm vs. worm?


I disagree.. MS would have been hit harder than other OS's 
regardless of the number of paying customers. The argument 
that Microsoft is the most popular and therefore the most 
hacked is inaccurate. Apache is on more than 2/3 of all web 
servers and IIS is STILL the most hacked. Sendmail is on the 
majority of all (internet facing) email servers and Exchange 
is the most hacked. Do I think Microsoft tries to screw up? 
...

Where do you get your figures about MS Exchange being hacked?
And sendmail vs exim vs qmail vs Exchange?

I'm not disagreeing with them - just I am not aware of this
being a regular method of systems penetration.

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