Linux has finally reached the maturity level necessary to be considered a viable security platform. Open-source solutions have some well-known drawbacks (lack of support, spotty documentation), but Linux makes up for them with a proven design, a rock-solid kernel, and the ever-growing support of software vendors that see Linux as a much-needed revolution in the Unix landscape.
Security managers have quickly learned to ignore much of the hype that has often surrounded Linuxs rapid success. Its real security value is as a stable, robust platform where security vulnerabilities are quickly identified and addressed, and where managers can control system resources down to the kernel. Linux offers all that, and at a price that cant be beat.
Ramón J. Hontañón is an Internet security engineer at UUNET, an MCI WorldCom company. He can be reached at
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