Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 5th Feb 2006 17:10 UTC
One of the biggest reasons for many people to switch to a UNIX desktop, away from Windows, is security. It is fairly common knowledge that UNIX-like systems are more secure than Windows. Whether this is true or not will not be up for debate in this short editorial; I will simply assume UNIX-like systems are more secure, for the sake of argument. However, how much is that increased security really worth for an average home user, when you break it down? According to me, fairly little. Here's why.
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2005-07-06
Clearly you have not got a clue what you are talking about.
You can send Joe Sixpack an email with malware on it. It will not run. It has been said before over and over, there will be no execution rights on attachments.
Social engineering would work of course, you can get some dopeydick to type rm -f * as root with silly promises, but that is not a fault of the system.....
There is a fundemental difference between Windows and Linux.
Around 1994 Bill Gates & Co. decided that making everything automatic was good for the user. this is the root cause of all the problems with Windows.
You can spend all the time in the world with Windows users, and convert them to Opera and Firefox all you want, however, the problem is just not with the browser.
Windows has problems with email, messengers, browsers and media players, all having access to the system areas and all being able to interoperate with each other.
People do live with their head in the sand. Windows can never be secure if Microsoft are trying to make it as easy to use as possible. Linux and Unix are ultimately more secure because they have been designed with security in mind from the ground up.