Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 14th Apr 2006 21:31 UTC, submitted by Dylan
"Windows has grown so complicated that it is harder to secure. Well, these images make the point very well. Both images are a complete map of the system calls that occur when a web server serves up a single page of html with a single picture. The same page and picture. A system call is an opportunity to address memory. A hacker investigates each memory access to see if it is vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack. The developer must do QA on each of these entry points. The more system calls, the greater potential for vulnerability, the more effort needed to create secure applications."
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> As usual the blog doesn't address specifics such as what was running or installed on either system when the system call image was taken.
softwares installed on a system, don't change the system calls ... so there is no need to advert the the softwares installed and running ...