[TomGuy]

Hate to burst your petri dish, but if MSFT ceased to exist tomorrow, the Linux, or the replacement would be the next target.

Whenever any other platform becomes a significant platform, then it will become susceptible to cyberattacks.

[Malsua]

>>Hate to burst your petri dish, but if MSFT ceased to exist tomorrow, the Linux, or the replacement would be the next target. <<

Yup. Linux is still a target.

Wanna do an experiment? Get a REDHAT 6.anything version. Secure it but use it like a real server with an Open FTP port and a few other services.

It will be comprimised and rooted in a few days or less.

I kept up with patches, kept my linux box as current as I knew...then I got a call from my ISP that said my IP was port scanning any number of financial houses.

I unplugged it and found a hacker's toolchest buried deep in the man pages. Complete with updated PS, Grep, and a number of other tools that hid the activity. The wank had both ethernet interfaces in promiscuous mode all the time and had logs of all the activity. Thank god for HTTPS.

I unplugged it and bought a cheap hardware solution for my at home NAT needs. Just take a look at all the patches out there to fill security holes on 'nix boxes. It's as many as any Windows system.

-Mal