RE: [Full-Disclosure] aside: worm vs. worm?

["Andrew Thomas" <andrew@generator.co.za>]

> From: Darren Bennett [mailto:DARREN.L.BENNETT@saic.com] 
> Sent: 12 August 2003 08:07
> To: Andrew Thomas
> Cc: 'Mike'; joey2cool@yahoo.com; 'Darren Reed'; 'Andrew J 
> Homan'; Full Disclosure
> Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] aside: worm vs. worm?
> 
> 
> I disagree.. MS would have been hit harder than other OS's 
> regardless of the number of paying customers. The argument 
> that Microsoft is the most popular and therefore the most 
> hacked is inaccurate. Apache is on more than 2/3 of all web 
> servers and IIS is STILL the most hacked. Sendmail is on the 
> majority of all (internet facing) email servers and Exchange 
> is the most hacked. Do I think Microsoft tries to screw up? 
...

Where do you get your figures about MS Exchange being hacked?
And sendmail vs exim vs qmail vs Exchange?

I'm not disagreeing with them - just I am not aware of this
being a regular method of systems penetration.

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