OT - Mac bashing response

[Bec and John]

Hi Don,

It pains me to continue an OS discussion on the list, but I thought I'd 
post just one quick response for alternative information to those 
reading.

The Secunia statistics really are embarrassingly misleading. To gather 
an accurate security assessment you have to focus on the details of 
particular types of security exploits, rather than just the numbers of 
different kinds. What further invalidates it (if that was necessary), 
though, is their inconsistent methodology in assigning exploits to the 
different OS's, as this web site quickly explains:

http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2004-06-25-015-26-NW-SW-0010

There is plenty more equally misleading and misused, too long to waste 
email space here.

- John


> Hi Avery,
>
> You may have to sign up to be able to read this article entitled "Mac 
> OS X
> security myth exposed" "And thousands of other products and OSes given
> security rundown."
>
> For the url look here:
>
> http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1798
>
> or
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2s9mq
>
> If any one wishes to read it without signing up I can send a copy to 
> you.
>
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.