On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> We should not gloat over Microsoft's security lapses. While there are
> many many security holes in Windows and related products, the sheer
> number of installed product makes them by far a prime target. As the
> Linux (and BSD) market shares grow, we will become targets, and many of
> our security weaknesses will be exposed. We (our colective OS) have a
> much more stable system, but must not become too complacent.
I *absolutely* agree, but we also have one other "secret weapon":
diversity. If you can safely assume that (say) 85% of the people are
running a given version of a mail client with a given scripting-language
backend, that makes your work *much* easier. While I have no doubt that
the Linux community will find itself increasingly the victim of virus
and/or worm attacks, I think it is unlikely we will ever reach the
proportions of the almost entirely homogonized MS community.
-Ken
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