That's why I said "likely", not "will". -Soxred93
On Feb 6, 2008, at 1:32 PM, Marco Schuster wrote: > Simetrical schrieb: >> On Feb 6, 2008 11:36 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> That's the problem, a Windows server is likely to be a little less >>> secure, IMHO. >> >> Doubtful. A legal copy of Windows (so you can get the updates) >> can be >> secured as well as Linux, at least assuming the administrator is >> equally skilled in managing both. That's not a very good rationale >> against using it. >> > A lot more virus/worm/h4xx authors focus on Windows platforms than on > Linux/Solaris. And there are a lot more remotely exploitable errors to > gain root access for Windows than for Linux. Another point is thatin > Linux you just shut down the vulnerable service, while some > rootexploits for Windows affect core components. > > Marco > > _______________________________________________ > Toolserver-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l _______________________________________________ Toolserver-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l
