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April 14th, 2006

Why Windows is less secure than Linux

Posted by Richard Stiennon @ 8:35 am

Categories: Security

Tags: Sana Security Inc., Picture, Hacker, Image, Argument, Graphviz, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source

This post which depicts just why Windows is less secure than Linux  has been moved to here.

Update: Stiennon’s blog has moved to here.

Richard Stiennon is an industry consultant. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.

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RE: Why Windows is less secure than Linux
I dont think windows is less secure then L. I have had some issues with them in the past.....


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Modular Design is Good  D-T-Schmitz | 04/14/06
I disagree... It's not good, it's great!  Tony Agudo | 04/14/06
Links  Justin James | 04/14/06
Yeah, it's got some bugs to sort out!  Tony Agudo | 04/14/06
Messenger makes crucial mistakes, but the message is still good  Justin James | 04/14/06
Those are application layer vulns  RStiennon | 04/14/06
How do you attack a static HTML request?  Justin James | 04/15/06
Sheesh  RStiennon | 04/17/06
...  guuu | 04/18/06
Contestant #2  D-T-Schmitz | 04/15/06
Reading comprehension?  Justin James | 04/15/06
Oh, I See, Said the Blind Man  D-T-Schmitz | 04/15/06
Weird morning...  Justin James | 04/15/06
No problem whatsoever  D-T-Schmitz | 04/16/06
No, the messenger is just biased  toadlife | 04/15/06
WRONG WRONG WRONG  Justin James | 04/14/06
RIght right right!  jinko | 02/07/07
Broken  prence_z | 04/14/06
Broken links = ZDNet.suck.suck.suck  Justin James | 04/14/06
You gotta paste 'em together  Justin James | 04/14/06
Examples of buffer overflows  RStiennon | 04/14/06
Irrelevant  Justin James | 04/15/06
What are you talking about?  myrealname | 05/04/06
Two suggestions  tic swayback | 04/14/06
Tried using HREFs  Justin James | 04/14/06
Tic, I have a small question...  Tony Agudo | 04/14/06
Not sure I'm the person to ask...  tic swayback | 04/14/06
TinyURL is for NEWBS  jnoble@... | 02/08/07
Trying just the link  S.Howard-SarinZDNet Moderator | 04/14/06
Testing some other HTML  S.Howard-SarinZDNet Moderator | 04/14/06
Still doesn't work for long links  georgeou | 04/16/06
How to post a link  toadlife | 04/15/06
Thanks, but...  Tony Agudo | 04/15/06
Not what the facts show  george_ou | 04/14/06
Odd facts  RStiennon | 04/14/06
2005 is 'old'? What 'facts' do you bring other than your blatent bias?  georgeou | 04/15/06
I said Odd on Old  RStiennon | 04/15/06
Diversity for the sake of diversity is a sure way to get hacked  georgeou | 04/15/06
?  simonari | 04/16/06
You've obviously never tried to harden any platforms  georgeou | 04/16/06
Blindsiding  D-cat | 04/18/06
Diversity is a Strength  Jkirk3279 | 05/04/06
There is a good way to deal with DOS, George.....  deaf_e_kate | 02/06/07
Analysing the impact of Diversity  herbys67 | 02/06/07
Speaking of bias....  tommyhigbee | 04/17/06
You simply don't know the facts  georgeou | 04/15/06
Yawn  baggins_z | 04/17/06
Contestant #3  D-T-Schmitz | 04/15/06
George, I've seen gyroscopes that don't spin as much as you do.  Letophoro | 04/17/06
Point is valid, example is not  Justin James | 04/17/06
no - you're missing the whole point--  ptimmins | 05/04/06
Read the author's first sentence  davidr69 | 05/04/06
are you blind?  myrealname | 05/04/06
Can't defend against DDoS?  RStiennon | 04/17/06
There's got to be some mistake...  The Mad Hatter | 04/17/06
This? AGAIN????  Narg | 05/04/06
You didn't just miss the boat, you missed the pier!  NonCartoonist | 05/04/06
Windows is BETTER anyways!  erniem1970@... | 05/04/06
Good for you...  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 05/04/06
Why, oh why then...  greavesg | 05/08/06
"I do not care to listen to any of it anyways"  Ole Man | 12/29/06
Windows is BETTER? At aggravation.  Rob O | 02/07/07
Apples and Oranges (no Pun)  grandis@... | 05/05/06
Troll  Consilience | 12/28/06
...  sweklaweklfwe@... | 02/04/07
re  x1101 | 02/06/07
Images  phobis | 02/06/07
This is digg fodder, and just plain wrong  ianh@... | 02/06/07
I agree but...  auth_srv_32@... | 02/06/07
What a load of rubbish.  bdavison | 02/06/07
Macs and Linux  herbys67 | 02/06/07
Disregard anyone who  linuxiac | 04/26/07
Images  jak786 | 02/07/07
POSIX Emulation Layer  npj7y | 02/07/07
Apache on Linux vs IIS (not Apache) on Windows  Rob O | 02/07/07
I don't think this is a valid test  codemonkeyoverlord | 02/07/07
and these pictures brought to you by SANA...  chwy_nougat@... | 02/09/07
You missed the point  tfarrell67 | 02/12/07
FUD  wsanders | 03/02/07
Nonsense?  RStiennon | 08/10/07
RE: Why Windows is less secure than Linux  muffin9129 | 07/20/09
Re  jessonerik | 08/05/09
RE: Why Windows is less secure than Linux  Jay Smtih | 09/01/09

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