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Re: Viva le Same! Linux
Your comment brings up another point that I should have mentioned earlier.If I can expand on your comments: Talking about the security of Linux in general has only limited meaning. You can talk about the potential for security, but the practice covers the entire range of possibilities. In other words,each distribution has different defaults. For example, Lindows, if what I've heard is correct, actually has all users running as root - in other words, it's as unsecure as an out-of-the box version of Windows ME or 98. Other distributions, especially if installed with automated options, leave all sorts of ports open, regardless of whether you're using them. Still others are designed for security, and leave no vulnerabilities that you don't specifically set up. In general,when people say that Linux is more secure than Windows, they are talking about the potential. But the practice may fall far below the potential. -- Bruce Byfield bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com 604.421.7177 http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield "And it takes a stranger to understand, What the wind says in a strange land, And the wind says, "This year, next year ..." -OysterBand ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Buy ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 6.0, the most powerful SINGLE SOURCE HELP AUTHORINGTOOL for MS Word. SAVE $100 on the full version and $50 on upgrades. Offer ends Oct 31, 02 (code: DTH102250). http://www.componentone.com/d2hlist1002 All-new RoboHelp X3 is now shipping! Get single sourcing, print-quality documentation, conditional text and much more, in the most monumental release ever. Save $100! Order online at http://www.ehelp.com/techwr-l --- You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archive -at- raycomm -dot- com To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info. Follow-Ups:
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