Re: Re: hello

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On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 22:38 +0000, Nathan Rixham wrote:
> Skip Evans wrote:
> > Nathan Rixham wrote:
> >>>
> >> yup.. all OS's are equally insecure; each OS is as insecure as the 
> >> next; no
> >> one OS is more insecure than any other
> >>
> >
> > Wrong, and there is experimental data to prove it. Read the first URL 
> > I posted that documents the creation of Linux viruses and the 
> > experiments conducted to see how they propagate compared to Windows 
> > viruses.
> >
> >
> think about it for a minute; an OS can either be secure (0 
> vulnerabilities) or insecure (1 or more vulnerabilities); as all OS's 
> have 1 or more vulnerabilities they are all equally insecure; because 
> they are all insecure.
> 
> the only way to change the balance is to make or find an OS with 0 
> vunerabilities; thus making it secure and no longer equal.
> 
> my worlds boolean.
> 
That's like saying a nuke is as bad as a bullet; they can either kill or
not kill. It's not a black and white issue. You really need to look at
the potential vulnerabilities, and then compare patch frequencies. I
think you'll find Windows is less secure.


Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk


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