ZDNet: Why Windows is Less Secure than Linux | Linux Today

ZDNet: Why Windows is Less Secure than Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 18, 2006

[ Thanks to Dr Tony
Young
for this link. ]

“Windows is inherently harder to secure than Linux. There I said
it. The simple truth.

“Many millions of words have been written and said on this
topic. I have a couple of pictures. The basic argument goes like
this. In its long evolution, Windows has grown so complicated that
it is harder to secure. Well these images make the point very well.
Both images are a complete map of the system calls that occur when
a web server serves up a single page of html with a single
picture…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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