to reference "the easiest (partly because of it market share [buffer overflow] " here i am referencing the amount of 3rd party products which are vulnerable to buffer overflows thereby i am saying because ms is so popular there are more software out for it and thereby its more probable that one is programmed badly thereby hacking ms is easier.<br>
<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 31/03/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Gary Short</b> <<a href="mailto:gary@garyshort.org">gary@garyshort.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br> From: <a href="mailto:dundee-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk">dundee-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br> <br>[mailto:<a href="mailto:dundee-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk">dundee-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>] On Behalf Of Tim Spencer<br>
Sent: 31 March 2008 18:01<br> To: Tayside Linux User Group<br> Subject: Re: [dundee] Slashdot | Last year's CanSecWest Winner Repeats on<br> Vista, Ubuntu Wins<br> <br><br> "I just wanted to add that some attraction to hacking MS software is not<br>
just because of its market share but also because its the easiest"<br> <br> <br>And yet it wasn't the first to be hacked in the competition, it was Apple,<br> and the Vista machine was only hacked after a third party product was added<br>
to it.<br> <br><br> --<br> Cheers,<br> Gary<br> <a href="http://www.garyshort.org">http://www.garyshort.org</a><br> <br> <br> No virus found in this outgoing message.<br> Checked by AVG.<br> <br>Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.1/1350 - Release Date: 30/03/2008<br>
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