Justin, I think the comparison you are drawing is unfair because we are talking about two OS' that are not even on the same playing field. MS is a HUGE hacking target because of it's availability on the Internet. How many websites do you know are hosted publicly on a Mac platform? How many enterprises run Mac as a Server/Workstation solution exclusively?
The answer to your question has different considerations. Is Mac more secure? Probably, because Mac is not a full enterprise solution. Yeah I know, I'm making some generalizations, but it is the overall truth. Since Linux has grown in popularity, so have the announcements from Red Hat's bug tracking lists as well as the other distro's. So, with all of that in mind, the OS "out of the box" is really not secure. These packages are put together so someone with little to no computer experience can install the operating system. So the OS is only as secure as you make it. By the way, didn't want to make it sound like I was jumping on your question. But I wanted to be objective and honest. Good luck! Bejon -----Original Message----- From: Justin Kremer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 10:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Apple vs. MS - more secure? Just curious what you all think about the new Mac OS X. Which is more secure out-of-box; Windows XP or Mac OS X? -Justin
