Re: Re: Knocking Microsoft

[madsaxon <madsaxon () direcway com>]

At 07:17 PM 2/27/2004 -0500, James F. Wilkus wrote:

> > and now they try to make it secure. UNIX was made to be secure, and
> I  think people  are  doing a  disservice by  claiming  that linux  is
> something it is not, or more accurately, generalizing all UNIX's to be
> secure.

How many times must we rehash this?  NO operating system in common
use today is secure in and of itself--not *nix, not Microsoft, not
Apple, not Novell, not IBM.  Security is a function of diligent,
intelligent administration by a clueful human being, not some
life raft that inflates automatically when you install the OS.
A competent, motivated admin can secure ANY operating system.
A incompetent, lazy admin won't be able to guarantee decent
security on even the most bulletproof install.

While(1) {
    argue(Unix is {more,less} secure than {Windows,OS X,Linux});
    return 1;
}

is getting very, very tiresome.

m5x

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