Linux Gets High Marks For Security

Posted by bstadil on Jul 11, 2005 3:24 PM EDT
InformationWeek / Securitypipeline; By Larry Greenemeier
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The IT world may be an insecure place, but don't blame Linux. In fact, very few IT pros participating in InformationWeek Research's Linux and open-source survey say Linux has introduced security problems into their IT environments

Only 6% of 225 user sites report security issues from Linux deployments on their servers, while 6% of 165 Linux PC users attribute a security problem to the open-source operating system. The results indicate a slight decrease in complaints about Linux security from a year ago

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