Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 21st Aug 2007 18:19 UTC, submitted by SEJeff
Jeff Jones has published another one of his vulnerability scorecards comparing various operating system offerings. As always, these figures just list the patched vulnerabilities over the designated period of time; they do not take into account any unfixed or undisclosed vulnerabilities. Hence, these reports are not proper measurements of security - they are just that, a tally of fixed vulnerabilities. Any conclusions like "x is more secure than y" cannot be drawn from this data set. As always, do with it as you please.
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Nice attack merkoth:) Is telling lies on osnews that fun?
His numbers are not random, they are taken from vendor's websites.
His numbers are not random, they are taken from vendor's websites.
I don't know, you tell me. I said random numbers not because he made up the numbers, but because he keeps picking up numbers without any serious security notion to back them up. Counting fixed issues proves nothing in favor or against anyone and, IMHO of course, these numbers and charts are only for those who can't really understand what they represent.
Try to ellaborate some more your flames before calling anyone a liar.
Edited 2007-08-21 19:36 UTC
Member since:2005-12-15
I think 'random' is a bad choice of a word, but I agree with his point which I think is that it's rather pointless and a very poor measure. It would seem to me that these 'reports' are more about headlines than providing any real investigative work and statistical analysis.
His 'attack' is quite justified in my view.
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2005-07-10
Nice attack merkoth:) Is telling lies on osnews that fun?
His numbers are not random, they are taken from vendor's websites.
Edited 2007-08-21 19:15