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

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Mikhail Kovalenko wrote:

> 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


And that links to this:

http://securityfocus.com/vulns/stats.shtml

It shows several problems with the way things are counted.

My biggest gripe is this:  I don't care about the "number of
vulnerabilities," I only care about my personal vulnerability as a user.
I also care much more about the seriousness of vulnerabilities than I care
about the raw number of them.  If "OS A" has 100 minor vulnerabilities and
"OS B" has one huge gaping hole in the middle of it, I'd prefer to use OS
A.  So the numbers don't mean a lot to me.

Mike

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