Submission + - Let's Talk REAL Security
My name is Bucket writes: "In today's debate over which operating system is more secure, people like to point to a popular example of OSX hacked in 30 minutes. As I understand it, though, this exploit required the user to download an infected file. Hell, we could argue against Linux's security using the tautology that any system can be compromised due to user stupidity (e.g. downloading a spam attachment, visiting a "Free Smileys!" website). I've always been under the impression, and had always been told, that Windows is necessarily the least secure OS because of the way it was built from the ground up. I've grown up with the old standard that, by either computer worm or port scanner, a Windows system can be exploited just by being connected to the internet.
So I raise the question: barring user interaction or physical access to the machine, how do the operating systems rank in terms of security?"
So I raise the question: barring user interaction or physical access to the machine, how do the operating systems rank in terms of security?"
