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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Prior to an OS becoming a target for hackers, it's security is pure speculation. Once it starts being attacked, it's security starts to shift as vulnerabilities are discovered and patched.
I believe there are base levels of security for different groups of consumers, at which any commercial OS operating in that market will settle over time. The question really is how much will the OS need to be changed to reach that level? The only way to manage that in a developing OS is to look at the sort of attacks the major OSs are experiencing, and how they are dealing with them, so that you don't have to re-invent the wheel when, eventually, you are exposed to serious attack.