It was actually a lack of interest
April 4th, 2008 Posted in Apple, Linux, Microsoft“There was just no interest in Ubuntu,” said Terri Forslof, manager of security response at 3Com Corp.’s TippingPoint subsidiary, which put up the cash prizes awarded at the contest last week at CanSecWest. “A contest such as this is not a measure of relative security between operating systems. It’s not an accurate barometer.”
“It was actually a lack of interest” on the part of the PWN to OWN contestants, Forslof said. “[Shane Macaulay's] exploit would have worked on Linux. He could have knocked it over. But [the contestants] get a lot more mileage out of attacks on the Mac or Windows,” she continued.
“Linux, it is what it is. The code is a lot more transparent. But vulnerabilities for Mac and Windows, those are the ones that are going to get the press,” Forslof added.
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By Gonçalo Silva on Apr 4, 2008
“Prior to joining TippingPoint, Terri was a Security Program Manager for the Microsoft Security Response Center, focused on driving the resolution of security vulnerabilities within Microsoft products”