Re: Security followup

Subject: Re: Security followup
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 12:39:13 -0800


Paul DuBois wrote:

Not necessarily. It may say that Linux is more fun to play with, or that Windows is a terrible development environment. Or both.


You won't find a complete consensus on the topic. However, among experienced system administrators, the majority opinion seems to be something like this:

- Windows: built for convenience at the expense of security.
- Linux: balanced between convenience and security.
- Free BSD: built for security at the expense of convenience.

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References:
Re: Security followup: From: Andrew Plato
Re: Security followup: From: Decker F. Wong-Godfrey
Re: Security followup: From: Paul DuBois

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