posted by irbis on Tue 18th Mar 2008 21:50
There are many interesting new alternative operating systems: Syllable, Haiku etc. They may promise speed, low system requirements and many good and promising features. However, I've been hoping that also the security of these new operating systems would be discussed more. On the age of Internet can we even imagine a desktop operating system without also a connection to the Internet? With networking comes the need for security.
Although there may be no problem now and although developers may see many more urgent goals, the potential threats of future should be considered too. I think the history of old MS Windows versions at least up to Windows ME shows that network security cannot be easily added into the OS as an afterthought but it should be thought about and build into the OS right from the start.
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Yes, I like the idea of simplicity, but simplicity does not necessarily mean security. Old Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 is much simpler than later Windows versions. But are they also more secure than the later Windows NT based Windows line from NT to W2k, XP and Vista? No they aren't.
To put it bluntly: I don't think we need yet another worm can OS full of holes.
With a worm can OS full of holes I mean an OS where it could be all too easy to destroy or manipulate important system files by accident or intentionally by everyone who has either a direct or a network access to the machine, or where - at least in theory - it could be easy to develop malware for the OS: viruses, spyware etc.