A lot depends on the distro, and chosen install methods, but overall, I think *nix *is* more secure, in general, than Windows, for the reasons already mentioned.
I don't think Google would be dissing 'Doze if it was just a matter of locking down the box. By definition, since most of *nix code is available for *you yourself* to audit, it's more secure than Windows will ever be, as long as Windows is closed source. If you believe what cryptology research has shown, I guess (obscurity != security). :Den -- The problem of suffering is: why is there the suffering we know? Walter Kaufmann On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > I don't think Linux is more secure than Windows at this point. It is > merely the biggest target of opportunity. If Google has their staff > running Mac/Linux, you can bet there will be hackers who will spend > the time to try and exploit those platforms as well. > > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Kris Sisk wrote: >> >>> In some ways (not all ways) anything based on Unix is massively more secure >>> than Windows. >> >> >> I am not sure I agree with this statement, particularly when you put the OS >> on the everyman's desktop. >> >> -Cameron > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:319950 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
