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Most Insecure OS? Yep, It's Linux | |
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| Time: 13:00 EST/18:00 GMT | News Source: WinInformant | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
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According to a new report by the Aberdeen Group, open source solution Linux has surpassed Windows as the most vulnerable operating system, contrary to the high-profile press Microsoft gets for its security woes. Furthermore, the Aberdeen Group reports that over 50 percent of all security advisories issued by the Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert) in the first ten months of 2002 were for Linux and other open source software solutions, which muddles the argument that proprietary software such as Windows is inherently less secure than open solutions. And here's another kicker to the status quo: Proprietary UNIX solutions were responsible for just as many security advisories as Linux in the same time period. Could Windows actually be the most secure mainstream OS available today? | ||
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