RSA: Security Experts Debate Linux Vs. Microsoft (ChannelWeb)

RSA: Security Experts Debate Linux Vs. Microsoft (ChannelWeb)

Posted Apr 10, 2008 22:48 UTC (Thu) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091)
In reply to: RSA: Security Experts Debate Linux Vs. Microsoft (ChannelWeb) by rmunn
Parent article: RSA: Security Experts Debate Linux Vs. Microsoft (ChannelWeb)

Perhaps, but that's just a consequence of popularity.

Another counterpoint to this sentence: in the spaces where Windows is not dominant we don't see such an abundance of non-Windows exploits. OK, Apache is the exception maybe, but even when websites get defaced there is little else harm done.

Just compare Windows malware with the number of worms and trojans attacking Linux servers. Or the number of symbian exploits in the wild. Or even Solaris attacks in its days of glory. There is just no contest with the the malware-of-the-month pest and the resulting Windows botnets.

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