What is more secure cpanel or webmin?

abefroman · 10-13-2009, 06:55 PM

What is more secure cpanel or webmin?

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win32sux · 10-14-2009, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by abefroman

What is more secure cpanel or webmin?

Maybe explain what you mean by secure? For example, are you referring to which has less publicly-known vulnerabilities? It's much better if you just straight-out ask exactly what you want to know - specifically. Then you can use that information to help you with your risk assessment. BTW, you do realize these are products with different purposes, right?

abefroman · 10-14-2009, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by win32sux

Maybe explain what you mean by secure? For example, are you referring to which has less publicly-known vulnerabilities? It's much better if you just straight-out ask exactly what you want to know - specifically. Then you can use that information to help you with your risk assessment. BTW, you do realize these are products with different purposes, right?

I'm interested in the one which has less publicly-known vulnerabilities.

win32sux · 10-14-2009, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by abefroman

I'm interested in the one which has less publicly-known vulnerabilities.

Well, if we look at their Secunia pages, we get that cPanel has seven advisories (one of which is unpatched), while Webmin has twelve advisories, all which have been patched. We can also observe that the average criticality level of the advisories seem to favor cPanel. It would be a good idea, of course, to look at other vulnerability databases before reaching any conclusions. Also, maybe look at the timespan between public vulnerability disclosures and patch availability for each product, and don't forget that you're comparing two very different applications.