Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 12th Dec 2005 15:38 UTC
Windows Microsoft is banking on enhancements to what it has dubbed the fundamentals to entice enterprises to upgrade to the next version of Windows, known as Vista. The company will use upcoming industry shows to sing the praises of improvements to the Windows networking stack and secure networking techniques such as server and domain isolation to sell both Vista and Longhorn, the planned update to Windows Server.
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RE[10]: windows v linux security
by on Tue 13th Dec 2005 15:29 UTC in reply to "RE[9]: windows v linux security"

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"If you can't figure out how to enter search terms in Secunia's search engine, than I'm not even going to have this discussion with you, since you obviously aren't even capable of doing an Internet search. I even gave you the search terms I used."

the direct link is not for me, its for the readers. there must be a reason why you refuse to provide a direct link to show these mythical figures of yours supposedly claiming that windows has any security advantage whatsoever, when the reverse case of linux being considerably more secure than windows IN REALITY has been provided for all to see. until you do provide your link, you words are just that: mere hollow meaningless words.

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RE[11]: windows v linux security
by on Tue 13th Dec 2005 15:36 in reply to "RE[10]: windows v linux security"
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I provided you a link, and I gave you the search terms I used for it.

http://secunia.com/search/?adv_search=1&s=1&search=linux&w=0&vuln_t...
http://secunia.com/search/?adv_search=1&s=1&search=Windows&w=0&vuln...

Those are the Linux and Windows ones. You can do the FreeBSD and the Solaris ones yourself if you want them.

And by the way, where do Linux zealots get the idea that there are no viruses for Linux? There are over 3,000 of them according to Secunia. That's less than Windows 12,000. But still plenty, and definately not "no viruses".

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RE[11]: windows v linux security
by on Tue 13th Dec 2005 15:39 in reply to "RE[10]: windows v linux security"
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And by the way, yes even if you limit the search to only the field that says which OS the bug affects, and to highly critical and extremely critical vulnerabilities, Linux has over 700. Windows only a little over 50.

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RE[12]: windows v linux security
by on Tue 13th Dec 2005 16:02 in reply to "RE[11]: windows v linux security"
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hehe you really are that naive, aren't you. those figures merely state of the presence of virii, not if they have had any effect on the given OS's.
so its back to square one for you. you must try harder next time.

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