Comment get real (Score 1) 585
This may well be a marketing ploy. ms has been known to engage third parties to spread bad feeling about competitive products.
The author of the article has certainly got the facts wrong, when saying that windows is not a problem.
That ignores all the DoS tools available for windows, so simple a 12 year old with no training can use them; it also ignores things like BackOrifice and open Wingates, which can be used by outsiders to install and run attacks from your windows machine without your knowledge, or to hide the source of their attack.
It also ignores the large number of other published security issues that affect windows.
The author has also got it wrong about the availability of source code: the fact that source code is not available for windows makes it easier to exploit than Linux.
When you discover a bug or exploit in a product from ms, how can you fix it? You can't.
If you discover a bug in Linux, then because source code is available, you can fix it yourself, or you can hire someone to do so.
The author of the article has certainly got the facts wrong, when saying that windows is not a problem.
That ignores all the DoS tools available for windows, so simple a 12 year old with no training can use them; it also ignores things like BackOrifice and open Wingates, which can be used by outsiders to install and run attacks from your windows machine without your knowledge, or to hide the source of their attack.
It also ignores the large number of other published security issues that affect windows.
The author has also got it wrong about the availability of source code: the fact that source code is not available for windows makes it easier to exploit than Linux.
When you discover a bug or exploit in a product from ms, how can you fix it? You can't.
If you discover a bug in Linux, then because source code is available, you can fix it yourself, or you can hire someone to do so.
