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Skriven 2004-10-12 01:15:00 av Chip Hearn (1:3613/52)
     Kommentar till en text av Pascal Schmidt (1:153/401.2)
Ärende: Re: Getting grubby
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-=> Pascal Schmidt scribbled to Chip Hearn <=-

 PS> @MSGID: <416AE6B0.9776.linux@kia.zapto.org>
 PS> Hi Chip!

 PS> [security holes]
 CH> The only advantage that Linux has had over
 CH> Windows is very few number of users.  Once that levels out, Linux
 CH> will be in the same boat.
 PS> Don't pretend source code review by thousands of people doesn't count
 PS> for anything. There are also design differences. I don't buy the
 PS> argument that the only difference is in number of users.

Nope, not going to... But don't think that only one person is looking at
the code at MS either.  There are thousands looking there also. As is
with Linux, the code is broken down into many different areas...
Personally, I'd like to see the day that MS goes open source.  But I
won't hold my breath for that to happen.  :)

 PS> Sure, the number of exploited security holes will go up as the number
 PS> of people targeting Linux rises. I just don't think it will ever be as
 PS> catastrophic as Windows 9x security (and a lot of people still run
 PS> those Windows versions). MS seems to have gotten a bit of a clue lately
 PS> and some things in Windows have changed to be "security first" instead
 PS> of "user convenience first". But their track record is still not
 PS> impressive.

Again, the level of security was no where near what it is today... The
linux drones learned a lesson by seeing what MS did/went through.  Yes,
MS has drasticly changed its thought on the matter, as has been seen
recently.  Hell, that SP2 that came out, what a difference.  But that
leads to some other interesting areas of discussion.  With them
instigating a Firewall, and Anti-Virus... aren't they now in contention
with some major players in those areas?  

 PS> That said, of course Linux users also have to protect themselves when
 PS> they connect to the Internet. My machines are all firewalled, and
 PS> security updates are checked for and installed about once every two
 PS> weeks. Good enough for a home system, I'd say, since no services are
 PS> available to the outside world.

Do you run any Anti-Virus software?  There are now some virus's made 
specifically for Linux...   But again, there's the bite... by running
real time protection, you slow down your computer, which is one of the
major concerns to date. If some think that there are no virus's for
Linux, I have some very bad news for them. Granted, you have to "Run" it
to get infected, but, the more converts that appear, the more this will
come to pass.




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