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Expert poll: The most secure OS
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I don't get how people can even say one over the other... I would say the Mac OS, as we haven't seen a major security problem or virus/worm in a very long time.
But when it comes to security, Linux is the one that comes to mind, but MUCH of what makes Linux so secure also makes OS X secure (Open Source Applications like SSH etc.)
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What an alarmingly flawed poll. To not include things like OpenBSD is shocking, and the votes are obviously clueless. 19.51% say Windows is the most secure??
Edit: What the hell is Java OS?
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Originally posted by Gul Banana:
What an alarmingly flawed poll. To not include things like OpenBSD is shocking, and the votes are obviously clueless. 19.51% say Windows is the most secure??
Edit: What the hell is Java OS?
Heh. I'm surprised the dolt who made the poll didn't put Minix on it as well.
Come to think of it, my Atari 1200XL was pretty secure. It never got a virus or worm, and there were never any root exploits either.
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Originally posted by benb:
Heh. I'm surprised the dolt who made the poll didn't put Minix on it as well.
Come to think of it, my Atari 1200XL was pretty secure. It never got a virus or worm, and there were never any root exploits either.
ya. my atari 400 didnt either. i mean, if you didnt put an OS cartridge (basic) into the machine, all you could do was type and have letters show up on the screen. i think my sister and i fought over that priveledge on a boring raining sunday morning...
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Uh, what about the fact that we don't know how secure Linux/OS X is since the majority of people writing viruses are doing it for Windows?
Mike
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Secure Debian should be on the list too.
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Windows is 99% secure if it's not connected to the internet and the computer is completely turned off with the monitor removed and keboard detached.
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September 2003 Web Server Survey
Apache - 64.52 %
Microsoft - 23.54 %
Why does Microsoft IIS have a much worse security trackrecord than Apache?
Well, it must be because (23 > 64) == 1.
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nmap is a nice little peice of software
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Anything operating system that natively runs Outlook can't be very secure.
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I see multics, S/360 and VMS on there, but where is OS/400?
The midrange/mainframe OS's are the most secure, as you can set them not to run anything they didn't compile themselves. Then restrict access to the compiler.
Of course, that is only a defense from outside attacks. Internal attacks can only be defended against by solid backup procedures.
The poll is rather flawed. Of course, it appears aimed at people who know very little on the subject, evidenced by the vote tally.
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