Thus spoke kevin lyda:
> i'm sure buffer overflows are still out there, they sneak in quite
> easily. one reason to consider using ppc and alpha boxes - i'm sure
> most buffer overflow scripts favor intel and sparc.
If more Alphas and PPCs are used, then there will be more scripts for them.
Security by obscurity doesn't work.
Best,
s.
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