Polls

Rate your computer security knowledge and experience

  • Guru (5%, 5 Votes)
  • Expert (25%, 23 Votes)
  • Moderate (41%, 37 Votes)
  • Beginner (25%, 23 Votes)
  • None (3%, 3 Votes)

Total Voters: 91

Start Date: April 1, 2008 @ 12:00 am
End Date: June 30, 2008 @ 11:59 pm

Primary motives for hacking are:

  • Cause/malice: attacking the system, vengeance and vindictiveness, power, terrorism (10%, 32 Votes)
  • Justifications: minimising harm, testing computer security, claim of right, vigilantes (8%, 26 Votes)
  • Entrance to social groups/status (4%, 13 Votes)
  • Ego: intellectual challenge (34%, 106 Votes)
  • Entertainment: youthful frivolity, mischief or curiosity (16%, 50 Votes)
  • Money (28%, 88 Votes)

Total Voters: 315

Start Date: December 21, 2007 @ 4:42 pm
End Date: March 31, 2008 @ 11:59 pm

The most secure operating systems family is:

  • BSD UNIX (23%, 104 Votes)
  • Solaris (19%, 87 Votes)
  • Linux (24%, 110 Votes)
  • Mac OS X (17%, 77 Votes)
  • MS Windows (16%, 72 Votes)

Total Voters: 450

Start Date: October 30, 2007 @ 10:01 pm
End Date: January 31, 2008 @ 12:00 am