RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Windows more secure than Linux?

["Ross, Matt" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I read their article, and I'm underwhelmed at the approach they took to come
to that conclusion.  In short, because M$ hires people to check for bugs,
while Linux depends on a variable community, M$ must be more secure.  The
only thing I can say on M$'s behalf in this is that they automatically check
for updates, while Linux expects the user to update on their own every so
often.  This means that ATBE, M$ would be more secure on a newbie run box.
Of course, ATBE is an ideal never reached, and we've already heard the
arguments why All Things are not Being Equal between Linux and M$ security,
thus this argument falls apart.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ross, Matt [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 11:39 AM
> To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Windows more secure than Linux?
> 
> 
> I don't like to sound ignorant, but I've never heard of 
> SecurityFocus in the
> listings of "reputable" security companies.  Am I missing 
> something, or is
> this article written by someone as ill-informed as Vernon's friend?
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mikhail Kovalenko [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 11:40 AM
> > To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Windows more secure than Linux?
> > 
> > 
> > F Vernon Green wrote:
> > > 
> > > I am currently studying for my MCSE (yeah I know what you 
> > all are going to
> > > say). Anyway we had a guy in class today that tried to say 
> > that Linux was
> > > not as secure as Windows.
> > 
> > I wonder if this article on Slashdot is somehow related to the joker
> > that's in your class, Vern:
> > 
> > SecurityFocus Says Windows More Secure Than Linux
> > http://slashdot.org/articles/02/02/04/1629246.shtml
> > 
> > Cheers,
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> > MK
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