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<blockquote data-quote="cazabam" data-source="post: 309238" data-attributes="member: 17895"><p>This is a subject that has been discussed at great length in the Linux community. The problem is that it assume that Unix derived systems are as inherently insecure as Windows is. This is simply not true, and it's mostly due to poor foresight and bad configuration decisions.</p><p></p><p>For example, Window allows (and actively encourages, up until Vista) everything to run as an administrative user. In Windows 9x, there was no other kind! Anything that gets in has the run of the system. I can think of 2 Linux distributions that tried to run with elevated permissions (ostensibly to make things easy for the user) and they are both floundering in the grand scheme of things. </p><p></p><p>Other problems stem from technology such as DCOM or other Windows services that enable all kind of wonderful things, but have singularly failed to prevent the bad things that it also enables. </p><p></p><p>Have a look <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=unix+vs+windows+security&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a" target="_blank">here</a> for more discussion along these lines <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cazabam, post: 309238, member: 17895"] This is a subject that has been discussed at great length in the Linux community. The problem is that it assume that Unix derived systems are as inherently insecure as Windows is. This is simply not true, and it's mostly due to poor foresight and bad configuration decisions. For example, Window allows (and actively encourages, up until Vista) everything to run as an administrative user. In Windows 9x, there was no other kind! Anything that gets in has the run of the system. I can think of 2 Linux distributions that tried to run with elevated permissions (ostensibly to make things easy for the user) and they are both floundering in the grand scheme of things. Other problems stem from technology such as DCOM or other Windows services that enable all kind of wonderful things, but have singularly failed to prevent the bad things that it also enables. Have a look [url=http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=unix+vs+windows+security&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a]here[/url] for more discussion along these lines :) [/QUOTE]
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