Re: Debian more secure than OpenBSD ?!

From: Michael Erskine (osiris@deltaville.net)
Date: 12/13/02 

From: osiris@deltaville.net (Michael Erskine)
Date: 12 Dec 2002 22:45:52 -0800

Oleg <oleg_inconnu@myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:<arfs9o$ft1$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>...
> Hi
>
> As of this writing, for years 2001 and 2002, securityfocus [1] lists
> 19 vulnerabilities for Debian and 40 for OpenBSD.
>
> More specifically, the latest stable Debian, 3.0, released 124 days ago,
> has only 1 vulnerability listed, while the latest OpenBSD, 3.2, released 19
> days ago, already has 2.
>
> Until now, I was under what seems like an erroneous the impression that
> OpenBSD was more secure than any mainstream Linux distribution. Anyone care
> to comment?
>
> BTW, I also noticed that securityfocus database is unaware of any exploits
> for most of the vulnerabilities. Is this because no one bothered to write
> the exploits or because no one bothered to add them to the database?
>
> Oleg
> P.S. I cross-posted where I thought this was relevant. Trim the groups if
> you feel that your replies may not withstand wider scrutiny.
>
> [1] http://online.securityfocus.com/cgi-bin/sfonline/vulns.pl

You know it's funny, Tim hit it right with his comment. I know Tim to
be a Linux user and a *damn knowledgeable one at that*, yet he posted
a good argument for "apples to apples"...

Now let an ol' Fart speak. You children will argue OpenBSD and Linux
till Micro-effing-sux rules the world, because you fail to focus.

Get your focus children, get your focus.

-m-

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