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| DATE | 2004-07-31 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] More Than 90% of Linux Systems Have Never Been
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This needs bold front page headlines in the NY Times
Ruben
On Fri, 2004-07-30 at 09:23, Inker, Evan wrote:
> July 28, 2004 09:01 AM US Eastern Timezone
>
> More Than 90% of Linux Systems Have Never Been Infected by a Virus,
> New Evans Data Survey; Eighty Percent Have Never Been Hacked
>
> SANTA CRUZ, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 2004--Ninety two percent
> of survey respondents indicated that their Linux systems have never
> been infected with a virus, according to Evans Data's new Summer 2004
> Linux Development Survey. Further, 78% of Linux developers say that
> their Linux systems have never been hacked and less than 7% were
> hacked three or more times. Of the 22% that have been hacked, 23% of
> the intrusions were by internal users with valid login ID's. The main
> ways that Linux machines can be compromised are: Inadequately
> configured security settings, vulnerability in internet service and
> Web server flaws.
> (http://www.evansdata.com/cgi/relocate.php?key=lnx2004_2_1)
> (http://www.evansdata.com/cgi/relocate.php?key=lnx2004_2_2)
>
>
>
> Contrast those findings with data from Evans' Spring 2004 North
> American Development Survey where 3 in 5 non-Linux developers reported
> a security breach and 32% experienced 3 or more breaches.
> (http://www.evansdata.com/cgi/relocate.php?key=na2004_1_3)
>
> "It's not surprising that Linux systems aren't hacked to the degree
> that Windows-based machines can be exploited. The reasons for the
> greater inherent security of the Linux OS are simple, more eyes on the
> code means that less slips by and the OS is naturally going to be
> better secured," said Nicholas Petreley, Evans Data's Linux analyst.
> "As also found in Evans' recently released Security Development
> Survey, the mechanism by which a Linux machine can be compromised is
> by users inadequately configuring security settings. Ironically, the
> other flaws that crackers use to compromise Linux servers are flaws in
> applications which run on competing operating systems, so those
> vulnerabilities are not specific to Linux."
> (http://www.evansdata.com/survey_security_topical.shtml)
>
> Other findings from the July survey of 500 Linux developers:
>
> -- Developer migration to the 2.6 Kernel has increased significantly
> in six months, rising by more than 80% with only 12% expecting to take
> longer than a year to make the move.
> (http://www.evansdata.com/cgi/relocate.php?key=lnx2004_2_3)
>
> -- Seventy-six percent of Linux developers now believe that the SCO
> lawsuit will "probably not" or "absolutely not" affect their company's
> adoption of Linux, up another 8% in the last six months.
>
> About Evans Data Corporation
>
> Evans Data Corporation (www.evansdata.com) provides regularly updated
> IT industry market intelligence based on in-depth surveys of the
> global developer population. Evans' syndicated research includes
> surveys focused on developers in a wide variety of subjects.
>
>
>
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