Author: Bo Persson
Date: 01:41:37 06/28/04
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On June 27, 2004 at 14:46:07, Russell Reagan wrote: >On June 27, 2004 at 05:00:53, Bo Persson wrote: > >>On June 26, 2004 at 21:19:46, Peter Skinner wrote: >> >>> >>>This is just one of many "Windows" reasons I am switching to Linux. >> >>Why don't you check out some of the more recent security problems with one >>popular Linux distribution? >> >>https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel3ws-errata-security.html >> >> >>Bo Persson > >51 updates in a little over 7 months. How does this compare to Windows? Badly. :-) On my machine (Windows XP) I find 53 updates applied over 2.5 years. 12 of these are from this year. > >Around 20 of those might apply to regular users (users not running websites or >other servers). How does this compare to Windows? Bad enough. > >Maybe 6-8 are actually OS or non-application related. How does this compare to >Windows? I people run the applications, and they are remotely exploitable, that's bad whether its the core or not. > >We're still missing half the data required to make any meaningful comparisons. > >These days I don't think it matters much which current OS you use if you are >responsible. The Windows decendants of the NT line (Win2k and XP) are pretty >stable for the average (responsible) user. If you are careless, you can get >bitten on Linux or Windows. I know people who get taken down by viruses under >Windows, and people who get hacked under Linux. > >I usually run Windows 2000, update from time to time, run a virus scanner, >software firewall, hardware firewall/router with NAT, don't do anything >obviously stupid like opening random email attachments, etc., and I haven't had >to reinstall the OS or had worms or any other major problems since I have had >that setup. Nor have I had any major problems running various Linux distros >under that setup. Yes, you are protected. There are maybe 50-100 million Windows users that are not. You will never find that many unpatched Linux users, ever. Windows' problem is that it is popular! That makes it a bigger target. Bo Persson
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