Re: windows is more secure than linux!!

Re: windows is more secure than linux!!

[Stevie O]

At 11:47 AM 2/6/2002 +2400, william fitzgerald wrote:
>hi all,
>
>some of you might find this interesting others
>disheartening
>
>www.shortnews.com/shownews.cfm?id=16886&u_id=623


Face it guys, statistics don't lie:

[Windows]
Bugs in Windows XP system services resulting in a security hole: 1 (UnPnP)

[Linux]
Bugs in wu-ftpd and BIND: billions



Linux is so way worse!



what? wu-ftpd isnt linux? yes it is! its on freshmeat!


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Re: windows is more secure than linux!!

[Ruben Safir]

So crack monkey removes windows with an HTML hit


On 2002.02.06 00:12:51 -0500 Stevie O wrote:
>>At 11:47 AM 2/6/2002 +2400, william fitzgerald wrote:
>>>hi all,
>>>
>>>some of you might find this interesting others
>>>disheartening
>>>
>>>www.shortnews.com/shownews.cfm?id=16886&u_id=623
>>
>>
>>Face it guys, statistics don't lie:
>>
>>[Windows]
>>Bugs in Windows XP system services resulting in a security hole: 1 (UnPnP)
>>
>>[Linux]
>>Bugs in wu-ftpd and BIND: billions
>>
>>
>>
>>Linux is so way worse!
>>
>>
>>
>>what? wu-ftpd isnt linux? yes it is! its on freshmeat!
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
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Re:[OT] windows is more secure than linux!!

[szonyi calin]

 --- Stevie O <stevie@qrpff.net> a écrit : > At 11:47
AM 2/6/2002 +2400, william fitzgerald
> wrote:
> >hi all,
> >
> >some of you might find this interesting others
> >disheartening
> >
> >www.shortnews.com/shownews.cfm?id=16886&u_id=623
> 
> 
> Face it guys, statistics don't lie:

Ever heard of a survey made on 1000 people which 
is relevant for 250,000,000 people ?

> 
> [Windows]
> Bugs in Windows XP system services resulting in a
> security hole: 1 (UnPnP)

And the viruses ?
And the older windows OS's ? 
try on a 98 box
Start-> run -> /con/con

> 
> [Linux]
> Bugs in wu-ftpd and BIND: billions

You are still using wu-ftpd ? Than ... enjoy :-))
In linux you can run a program chrooted.

In Mickey$oft $oftware you have to wait for the 
patches. And wait, and wait ...



> 
> 
> 
> Linux is so way worse!
> 

Enjoy windows! Enjoy computer taking control over you!
Enjoy BSOD! Enjoy viruses! Enjoy no customization! 
Enjoy spontaneus reboots! Enjoy a 32bit GUI on a top
of a 16bit OS (win 9x)

> 
> 
> what? wu-ftpd isnt linux? yes it is! its on
> freshmeat!

You mean every "fresh meat" == "Linux" ?
No comment


> 
> 
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> 

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Re: windows is more secure than linux!!

[Martin Dalecki]

Stevie O wrote:

> At 11:47 AM 2/6/2002 +2400, william fitzgerald wrote:
>
>> hi all,
>>
>> some of you might find this interesting others
>> disheartening
>>
>> www.shortnews.com/shownews.cfm?id=16886&u_id=623
>
>
>
> Face it guys, statistics don't lie:
>
> [Windows]
> Bugs in Windows XP system services resulting in a security hole: 1 
> (UnPnP)
>
> [Linux]
> Bugs in wu-ftpd and BIND: billions
>
You miss the simple fact that there is no wu-ftpd equivalent on Windows 
XP running.

Re: windows is more secure than linux!!

[Stevie O]

Let's see, three private responses and a few public ones...

At 9:15am on 2/6/2002, Szonyi Calin (Calin Szonyi?) wrote:

> > Face it guys, statistics don't lie:
>
>Ever heard of a survey made on 1000 people which
>is relevant for 250,000,000 people ?
>
> >
> > [Windows]
> > Bugs in Windows XP system services resulting in a
> > security hole: 1 (UnPnP)
>
>And the viruses ?
>And the older windows OS's ?
>try on a 98 box
>Start-> run -> /con/con
>
> >
> > [Linux]
> > Bugs in wu-ftpd and BIND: billions
>
>You are still using wu-ftpd ? Than ... enjoy :-))
>In linux you can run a program chrooted.
>
>In Mickey$oft $oftware you have to wait for the
>patches. And wait, and wait ...
>
> >
> > Linux is so way worse!
> >
>
>Enjoy windows! Enjoy computer taking control over you!
>Enjoy BSOD! Enjoy viruses! Enjoy no customization!
>Enjoy spontaneus reboots! Enjoy a 32bit GUI on a top
>of a 16bit OS (win 9x)
> >
> > what? wu-ftpd isnt linux? yes it is! its on
> > freshmeat!
>
>You mean every "fresh meat" == "Linux" ?
>No comment
>
>Calin


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At 6:17pm 2/6/2002 +0900, David Blomberg wrote:

>         > Face it guys, statistics don't lie:
>
>         http://securityfocus.com/vulns/stats.shtml
>Read the real article
>
>         >
>         > Linux is so way worse!
>         >
>
>         Counting 3+ Sql Servers, a few mail servers, a dozen web browsers, a
>couple office suites
>         compared to MS OS (yeah that's a fair comparison and Linux still
>comes out even) :>
>
>Since when did fresh meat become the sole Linux authority?

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At 11:09 AM 2/6/2002 +0100, Martin Dalecki wrote:

>>Face it guys, statistics don't lie:
>>
>>[Windows]
>>Bugs in Windows XP system services resulting in a security hole: 1 (UnPnP)
>>
>>[Linux]
>>Bugs in wu-ftpd and BIND: billions
>You miss the simple fact that there is no wu-ftpd equivalent on Windows XP 
>running.

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