The Learning Curve - Unix Style
Students of the Computer Science program at the University of Illinois at Chicago were recently presented a unique challenge.
Each student was instructed to find 10 flaws in latest Unix kernel, the core component of operating systems like Mac O.S. 10 and Linux.
The class taught by Daniel Bernstein found 44 flaws in total.
And although most were found in rarely used applications, at least a dozen were thought to be serious security vulnerabilities.
To make matters worse, the flaws come on the heels of an announcement by an independent software testing company who stated they had discovered 950 flaws in the latest Unix kernel.
Now although 44 may seem like a significant number, it is in stark contrast to Windows XP, which to date has had in excess of 5,000 flaws.
Each student was instructed to find 10 flaws in latest Unix kernel, the core component of operating systems like Mac O.S. 10 and Linux.
The class taught by Daniel Bernstein found 44 flaws in total.
And although most were found in rarely used applications, at least a dozen were thought to be serious security vulnerabilities.
To make matters worse, the flaws come on the heels of an announcement by an independent software testing company who stated they had discovered 950 flaws in the latest Unix kernel.
Now although 44 may seem like a significant number, it is in stark contrast to Windows XP, which to date has had in excess of 5,000 flaws.
posted by James Mason at 1:19 PM
3 Comments:
[Now although 44 may seem like a significant number, it is in stark contrast to Windows XP, which to date has had in excess of 5,000 flaws.]
just goes to show why more and more people are discovering the power and stability of Unix based systems and moving away(little by little) away from Windows all together.
I know lots of people who have dropped windows for Linux and wonder why they didn't make the switch years ago
I think the major thing that drives people away from Linux is the learning curve. Its unfortunate, but people can't see that if they would take the time to learn something more they could benefit from a much better os- and completely change the way the function on the computer.
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