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Trustworthy Computing: Patched to the point of switching
By ron carlson, Insanely Great Mac
January 31st 2003
The recent 'SQL Slammer' worm points the way toward the Mac, security
ZDNet UK News is running a story on the utter failure of M$' Trustworthy Computing
security initiative. The recent SQL Slammer worm brought thousands of servers to their
and virtually shut down the Internet in South Korea.
That M$ products are riddled with security holes is not news. That administrators can
not keep with the seemingly endless stream of software patches that sometimes address
and sometimes open new holes is.
"The problem is the whole patch regime has lots and lots of problems," Richard Smith,
a computer security consultant, told ZD . "It would be much better if the software
shipped from Microsoft with fewer problems to begin with."
One consultant said he was thinking of switching from Windoze to the Mac because of
all the security issues. "My wife has a Mac and she doesn't worry about viruses,
trojans, leaks..., " he said.
Additionally, the ZDNet report states, quoting A Consumer Reports, that virus
infection rates on Macs are half what they are on Windows.
Editor's note: The growing availability of enterprise-class hardware and software for
the Mac (click here for a list of recent reports) can be seen as both an indicator of
the Mac's growing stature in the back office and that admins are increasingly fed up
with M$' endless security woes. This is a message that Mac media outlets and the
faithful really need to (tactfully, politely) drive home to our long-suffering Windoze
compatriots.
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