__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Friday 10 March 2006 20:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, NoStop
> <nostop@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:35:15 -0800
> <dusddp21k5u@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> On Friday 10 March 2006 08:42 am, Roy Schestowitz had this to say in
>> comp.os.linux.advocacy:
>>
>>> A new study seems to concur with the famous Schneier article:
>>>
>>> http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/01/linux_security.html
>>>
>>> The following was published yesterday, as part of Symantec's study:
>>>
>>> ,----[ Snipptets ]
>>> | A test has revealed that a Linux server is far less likely to be
>>> | compromised. In fact, unpatched Red Hat and SuSE servers were not
>>> | breached at all during a six-week trial, while the equivalent Windows
>>> | systems were compromised within hours.
>>> |
>>> | [...]
>>> |
>>> | The report also found that the Firefox browser had fewer than Microsoft
>>> | Internet Explorer, due to a revision in the way Symantec counts bugs;
>>> | and that unpatched versions of Windows last just over an hour on the
>>> | Internet before being compromised, among other findings.
>>> `----
>>>
>> What a bunch of bullshit. I've not seen an unpatched Windows last longer
>> than 10 minutes without being compromised. Then again the author could be
>> using dialup. :-)
>
> The new XP firewall helps a little. A published test suggests it
> might survive a week. :-) (I'd have to look.)
Such studies *completely* shatter arguments that Windows servers, as op-
posed to Windows desktops, are rather steady and reliable. It was only a
fortnight ago that one of our (as in 'their') Windows servers got whacked
by a virus, which in turn borked the AV software and brought mail to a
halt, department-wide.
Then comes the issue of stability. The SAN server was recently recently
replaced by Linux, after many years of sporadic downtimes. The Exchange
server has been extremely flaky for ever a year. Even buying a new one as
a replacement didn't help. It was suffering from bugs, too. Whenever one
hears about the Windows servers, it's in the context of trouble. I will
not even refer to a formidable factor which is /cost/.
Best wishes,
Roy
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