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Open Source And VirusesOpen Source And VirusesPosted Jun 10, 2004 19:23 UTC (Thu) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458)Parent article: Open Source And Viruses
The "Windows is vulnerable because there is so much of it, just wait for OSS to get more visibility..." line is quite old by now. It sounds plausible, we even had the fiasco of the "Monoculture is bad" report. But hop over to Securityfocus, and look for reports on worm propagation. Many worms targeted tiny susceptible populations, and created all-around havoc all the same, taking a few hours or even a few minutes taking over essentially the whole population. If OSS was so vulnerable, a major worm outbreak would surely have happened by now. Why don't we hear each month of the wreckage caused by the last Solaris worm (I'm sure there are many Solaris boxes out there, running the exact same software)? No, I just don't buy this anymore. And security through variety doesn't help either, it just hinders updating and general management.
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