Re: Worms, Air Gaps and Responsibility

[Devdas Bhagat <devdas () dvb homelinux org>]

On 10/05/04 11:12 -0700, Erick Mechler wrote:
> :: > AND: where do you get the info about LINUX being more secure than the
> :: > Big Bad ? Read any serious info , like from bagtrack, LINUX had more
> :: > vulnerabilities for the past 3 years than any given MS OS
>
> :: None of which really impacted the world. Or took down critical
> :: infrastructure, that being what sparked off this thread.
>
> I bet you'd see the same sort of behavior from worms no matter what OS the
> World's critical infrastructures were to run.  If they ran *NIX, you'd see
> more worms targeting those OSs.  There's something to be said for
> heterogenous computing environments.
Hmmm, I do believe I was arguing for that, though in a somewhat limited
way. To clarify my stand:

One organisation should choose one OS/distribution and use that at a
time. They can use more than one if required, but that is not a must.

Different organisations should use different software combinations.

For communication, standard document formats must be utilised.
Currently, good options appear to be
OpenOffice
PDF.
Plain text

Devdas Bhagat
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