Wired: Hits Keep On Coming Against MS Sep 2, 1999, 20 :27 UTC (13 Talkback[s]) (9427 reads) (Other stories by Declan McCullagh)
"Some experts have have long argued that
MS Windows was inherently insecure, but
now a Microsoft manager has confirmed
it.
It all started in a technical discussion
forum during last week's parade of
security flaws in Windows products that
were uncovered by outside experts."
"A few posts later, Peter Torr, MS
Windows Script program manager, joined
the fray. He defended MS Windows NT as
an operating system that's 'generally
considered' less prone to break-ins than
either Unix or Linux.
But what about Windows 95 or 98, used
by millions of customers worldwide?
'If you're talking about Windows 9x,
forget it,' Torr wrote. 'No one ever
(seriously) claimed that it was secure.' "
