I believe the RH count totals all packages, and Win counts the OS,
Exchange, and IIS.

George


"John (EBo) David" wrote:
> 
> George Toft wrote:
> >
> > Come on, it's just a script:
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> >
> > # This script gets the list of vulnerabilities for each operating system
> > > > ...
> > > > > It would also be nice if you could plot the frequency of vulnerabilities
> > > > > over time and compare a single graph...
> > > >
> > > > A breakdown of remotely exploitable vs locally exploitable would be
> > > > good, too.
> > >
> > > agreed.
> 
> Just made the time to check out the site.  Most of what I wanted to see
> is there to see...  I do find it interesting that they make a Linux
> aggregate (I assume the sum of all Linux distro's).  This counts many,
> if not most, vulnerabilities twice.  Also aggregating Win2000/NT may do
> the same (although these are supposed to be different OS's).
> 
> The thing I find interesting is that RH is on par with Win* for
> vulnerabilities so far this year.  Are these numbers correct?  Are we
> counting apples and oranges, or is the RH count totaling all packages
> while win* counting only the OS.  I really am curious about this...
> 
>   EBo --
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