** Private ** wrote: > linux is more secure than windows because only dorks use > linux..............:-)
That moment is not far away anymore. While everybody keeps pointing at the big bad Microsoft and their silly 'vulnerable by default' out-of-the-box configuration, Microsoft is changing. And Windows is changing with it and is getting more and more secure. The insecurity that is left in Windows is largely a legacy of the past 2 decades: who can remember the last time that Microsoft introduced a 'really stupid feature' (tm)? I can't. Microsoft has stopped doing really stupid things and they are working very hard to audit their code, review their code and audit it again. They have largely changed their policy from 'everything by default' to 'nothing by default'. What Microsoft doesn't do yet is actively killing mistakes from the past. I don't like it that instead of just ripping features out, they place firewalls in front of it and invent yet another type of account for the service. And Microsoft is still unwilling to *really* break insecure third party software on a large scale. I understand the reasons for that, but I don't like it. But what is Linux doing? Is there a structured security and audit process? Is there a team being payed to make long days reviewing code instead of developing cool new features? Do those teams exist for all the addons that are shipped and enabled by default in all distributions? Linux has some very big advantages over Windows. It runs on many platforms and what is a difficult to trigger bug on one platform is a very obvious one on another platform. Most of the addons also run on commercial unices and the BSDs which is yet another way to find bugs. But is that enough and can Linux lend back and relax without refocusing on security? I don't know the answer, but at the moment my bet is that within 2 years the whole security argument will turn and will be used against Linux and the whole GPL-ecosphere instead of against Windows. Obviously at that time the OpenBSD people will still be the kings of security, but that goes without saying. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227802 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
