Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 22, 2004 08:26 PM
Conclusion: "When it comes to security, though, Linux is ahead of the game, so the catching up is on the other side."
I don't buy this. Just because AIX (or Solaris or HP-UX for that matter) has some less-than-absolutely-secure services enabled by default does not make Linux more secure. The only real edge I'll grant to Linux is the speed at which fixes are available for discovered holes. Any admin that's worth a damn can harden a *nix box and have it remain eminently usable (try that with Windoze). I like Linux as much as the next guy, but I've been a *nix guy long enough to know that it's not the be-all-end-all OS that some protray it to be.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 22, 2004 08:26 PMI don't buy this. Just because AIX (or Solaris or HP-UX for that matter) has some less-than-absolutely-secure services enabled by default does not make Linux more secure. The only real edge I'll grant to Linux is the speed at which fixes are available for discovered holes. Any admin that's worth a damn can harden a *nix box and have it remain eminently usable (try that with Windoze). I like Linux as much as the next guy, but I've been a *nix guy long enough to know that it's not the be-all-end-all OS that some protray it to be.
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