Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Feb 2002 12:37:53 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: windows is more secure than linux!! |
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On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Andrew Scott wrote:
> On 5 Feb 2002 at 16:41, Rik van Riel wrote: > > > On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, william fitzgerald wrote: > > > > > some of you might find this interesting others > > > disheartening > > > > Still others, like me, find it very encouraging > > that Microsoft can't stop talking about Linux. > > They must be enthusiastic about it, or something. > > > > > www.shortnews.com/shownews.cfm?id=16886&u_id=623 > > > > Now add the security holes in ISS, Outlook, Exchange, > > Access and all available pieces of Windows software > > into the picture so Linux and Windows are measured on > > an equal ground. > > > > Lies, damn lies & statistics. > > Or as my dad used to say, "Figures don't lie, but liers can figure". >
FYI Windows can't stay running long enough to pose much of a security hazard. A week ago, I dumbed-down one of my boxes at home, that had been running Linux reliably for over a year. I wanted to install Cakewalk Home Studio and it hasn't (yet) been ported to Linux. So far, I have re-installed everything 4 times, plus the 'mandatory' Windows/2000 patch. It is impossible to do anything useful for more than an hour without encountering the Blue-Screen-of-Death, followed by a re-install because the machine won't complete a boot without another 'blue-screen'.
So, it's true. Linux, which can stay running for 300 or more days, is a good target for Internet Hackers to poke at -- and we've got lots of servers on-line just baiting hackers for DOS attacks. Most Windows machines don't poke their dirty noses out from behind fire-walls, so they are "more secure".
Cheers, Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.4.1 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).
I was going to compile a list of innovations that could be attributed to Microsoft. Once I realized that Ctrl-Alt-Del was handled in the BIOS, I found that there aren't any.
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