Linux vs. Microsoft: Who Solves Security Problems Faster?

By Jim Reavis

Red Hat 1999 Advisory Analysis
Issue Vendor Advisory Community Awareness Days of Hacker Recess
ORBit 12/03/99 09/27/99 67
initscripts 11/08/99 11/08/99 0
syslogd 11/19/99 11/18/99 1
bind 11/11/99 11/08/99 3
ypserv 10/27/99 10/23/99 4
wu-ftp 10/19/99 10/21/99 2
screen 10/20/99 10/20/99 0
XFree86 09/16/99 09/01/99 15
mars_nwe 09/13/99 08/30/99 14
inews 09/01/99 08/27/99 5
amd 08/30/99 08/26/99 4
vixie-cron 08/25/99 08/25/99 0
wu-ftp 08/25/99 08/25/99 0
in-telnetd 08/19/99 07/04/99 46
libtermcap 08/17/99 08/17/99 0
pump 08/14/99 08/11/99 3
squid 07/29/99 07/23/99 6
gnumeric 07/23/99 07/23/99 0
net-tools 06/24/99 06/24/99 0
KDE 06/21/99 06/09/99 12
dev, rxt, screen 06/16/99 06/06/99 10
kernel 06/03/99 06/01/99 2
xscreensaver 05/11/99 05/11/99 0
imap 06/10/99 06/02/99 8
rsync 04/16/99 04/07/99 9
procmail 04/16/99 04/06/99 10
pine 04/01/99 02/08/99 52
mutt 04/01/99 02/28/99 32
zgv 04/01/99 02/19/99 41
lsof 02/19/99 02/17/99 2
minicom 02/09/99 02/09/99 0
Total Days of Recess: 348
Total Advisories: 31
Days of Recess per Advisory: 11.23
© COPYRIGHT 2002/03 REAVIS CONSULTING GROUP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.