Ubuntu: Seriously Secure

More press coverage about Ubuntu’s excellent security record, taking out the top score in SearchOpenSource.com’s comparison. Not long ago, LWN gave it top billing in their analysis.

The bottom line is that even this informal analysis shows there are definitely differences in how fast Linux distributions develop and issue security patches. Security managers should keep that in mind when their organizations are in the process of selecting a version of Linux. Timeliness of security updates may prove to be a key issue that differentiates manufacturers of otherwise-similar operating systems.

Martin Pitt, Ubuntu’s security czar, flat out rocks!

This entry was written by Jeff Waugh, posted on July 28, 2006 at 20:36, filed under Uncategorized and tagged ubuntu. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

One Comment

  1. Martey
    Posted July 30, 2006 at 18:35 | Permalink

    Now if only they had spelled Canonical correctly…

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  1. By Planet GNOME on July 28, 2006 at 10:19

    July 28, 2006 09:39 AM

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    Ubuntu: Seriously Secure

  3. By jwz-free on August 5, 2006 at 03:02

    a version of Linux. Timeliness of security updates may prove to be a key issue that differentiates manufacturers of otherwise-similar operating systems. Martin Pitt, Ubuntu’s security czar, flat out rocks!Posted Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:36:43 +0000 (permalink) Tags: ?gnome