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Subject: Re: Windows XP Second Edition

Author: pavel

Date: 22:25:42 03/24/02

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>I cannot comment on the security issues, as I just have no experience here. But,
>based on the *official* bugtrack statistics, there is comparable number of the
>expoisable bugs in both OSes, Windows is slightly better here (sorry, don't have
>link with me at home). Most recent Windows attacks actually exploited Windows
>*users*, not system "per se".
>
>And if you want you can get access to the Windows source code. For details look,
>for example, at http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/sharedsource/default.asp.
>Faculty, staff, and students in more than 120 academic institutions throughout
>the world have such the access.
>
>Eugene
>

Hi,
   Thanks for the link, didnt go through the whole stuff yet, but I will, later
on. Can you please post the URL to the bugtrack stats you were reffering to
(when you find it), I was trying to look for it's newsletter #136  in
securityfocus.com, but couldnt find it. I am just geniunely interested on the
list, doesnt matter if it proves me wrong. ;)

Regards,
pavs



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