[ Thanks to Randy for this link.
]
“When the U.S. Army announced earlier this month that it was
moving its Web sites to the Mac OS from Windows NT because of major
security breaches, confidence in Microsoft software’s security
capability appeared to hit rock bottom.
“Of particular concern to technologists are NT, Internet
Explorer (IE), and Hotmail, all of which had major security holes
publicized in the past few weeks.”
“Among the top Microsoft technologies that experts say lead to
security problems is the Component Object Model (COM) specification
for running application components on multiple platforms.”
“Specifically problematic are ActiveX controls. Java applets
minimize security violations by executing in a “sandbox”
“The most secure platform “out of the box” is OpenBSD, because
security is a focus on the project, says hacker Tweety Fish.
“The favored underdog, Linux, is considered experimental at this
point, but it may end up giving NT the first good run for its
money…”