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Re:“Most serious” Linux privilege-escalation bug ever is und... by ams6110 on Thursday October 20, 2016 @07:44PM (#12757133)
OSX? How is that more secure by default than Linux?
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Re:“Most serious” Linux privilege-escalation bug ever is und... by peterwwillis on Thursday October 20, 2016 @07:47PM (#12757149)
Less published exploits. Okay, so "more secure" isn't exactly correct, maybe "more difficult for a 10 year old with Metasploit to own it"
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Re:“Most serious” Linux privilege-escalation bug ever is und... by vacri on Thursday October 20, 2016 @11:21PM (#12757947)
Who'd've thought that an OS that is rarely used to serve remote content is more resilient against software focused on breaking into remote systems?
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