Linux can be called an overly fished pond when it comes to security , cause its open source. On the other hand MS is slower to riot upon as its a closed source product. Thats why you see a steady rise in the vulns being discovered and reported for MS compared to Linux in the last few years

In the security sense all major applications running on Linux have matured to a high level of security as many independent researchers and commercial organizations have audited the code time and again.

MS on the other hand still needs lots of bug bashing to be done : ) , hence the saying you can run but you cant hide.

Regards,

Gyan

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Hi,
I hope u all must be aware of Microsoft's statement over Linux.According to them Linux's security claims are hyped and exaggerated.I was just thinking of the same,isnt Linux, more vulnerable to security threats as its source code is known by everyone?
I hope its not a silly question! :-)
Rajev
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