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Old Aug 1, 2005, 1:15 pm
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Originally Posted by ByrdluvsAWACO
Why is Linux needed or is it just the hacker's bias? The article didn't say.
Pretty much all attacks on hardware or low level OS are started on linux. There is no bias 90% of of the time it is just shell scripts. Other times it is x86 assembly for linux. Remote r00ting, TCP/IP attacks, buffer overflow on programs, WiFi hacking ...yup pretty much all get started with shell scripts which run on *nix. some attacks can be emulated in windows with Cygwin.

i have to see if i can read some more info about this ...
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