[PLUG] Dealing with security
mike
mike at linuxlink.com
Tue Feb 4 10:06:01 UTC 2003
I would have to interject that *nix has been running for 30 years in a
networked enviornment. As such it has been looked at from a security
point of veiw from the get go. Microsoft on the other hand is a johnny
come lately to networking and had no clue when designing the OS. As
such, they just now are finding out what security is.
Russ Johnson wrote:
> At 06:16 AM 2/4/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Jeme A Brelin wrote:
>> > "There are more security alerts for Linux than there are for Windows."
>> >
>> > "If Linux were as popular as Windows, it would have just as many
>> security
>> > problems."
>> >
>> > Doesn't the first statement make the second statement mean that
>> > Linux-based systems will have FEWER security problems when they are
>> on as
>> > many machines as Windows?
>>
>> It depends, are "alerts" (first sentence) different than "problems"
>> (second sentence)?
>>
>> Do "problems" mean it was too late -- whereas "alerts" indicate things
>> are
>> recognized and dealt with relatively quickly?
>
>
> In addition, neither statement says anything about fixing what causes
> the "alert" or "problem".
>
> Folks who depend on MS for fixes may think it's normal for an issue to
> go six months before a fix comes out.
>
> Russ Johnson
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