[Wolves] I'm sure no-one will want to crow about this but... only (Ubuntu) Linux survived

Ron Wellsted ron at wellsted.org.uk
Mon Mar 31 23:51:03 BST 2008


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Andy Wootton wrote:
> http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/vista-falls-linux-pwns-this-years-cansecwest/
> 
> 
> Windows Vista is getting better though. It's now reasonably safe as log
> as you don't run applications on it.
> This is a definite step up from NT being safe as long as you didn't
> connect it to a network :-)
> 
> Woo

I was following this with some interest.  It's good to see that none of
the systems could be cracked until the challenge rules were relaxed to
allow accessing a web page or reading email (Windows XP pre SP2 could be
cracked just by attaching it to an unfiltered network)


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Ron Wellsted
ron at wellsted.org.uk http://www.wellsted.org.uk
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