DataHaunt

U.S.A.

System Admin

First of all anonymous, I have to thank you for making me $10 richer. I bet a colleague that the first post would be a Linux devotee defending OSS.

I admin both Windows and Linux. During ANY given week of vulnerability announcements, Linux beats Windows hands down in sheer volume. It is a given that when a MS flaw is found and taken advantage of it makes for big news especially if lackadaisical system administrator fail to patch, but claiming that Linux is rock solid and strong on security inherently is a statement of faith, not fact.

I’ve been a system admin since the late 80’s. The market and the targets change depending on who is the biggest target. Back then it was Novell, Microsoft and Unix being attacked via vulnerability, hacks, worms and the like. Now Microsoft gets the lion’s share of the attention. If you were to be honest and tracked the increase of the number of attacks on Linux (hacker, vulnerability, etc.) made, you would see that such attention to Linux goes hand in hand with its new market popularity.

Want a more secure OS? Go with OpenVMS, Argus or MVS. All others have to work at it.