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Is Mac OS X really inherently more secure than Windows? | |
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| Time: 09:59 EST/14:59 GMT | News Source: Mac Daily News | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
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Paul Thurrott writes for WinInformant.com, "After a summer of repeated virus and worm attacks, security experts and bored editors are turning once again to an interesting question: How many times does Microsoft software have to be attacked before we stop using it? The situation has become so bad that you can almost hear pundits from the Mac OS X, Linux, and Sun Microsystems side of the fence rubbing their hands in glee. Have we had enough? Is Windows inherently insecure? Of course not. We're targets because we represent 95 percent of the computing population. Attackers aren't going to attack Mac OS X users for an obvious reason: The OS has only a few users. If we all jumped ship to Linux, for example, that platform would then come under attack. | ||
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| #1 By 3339 (66.219.95.6) at 8/28/2003 1:42:13 PM |
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okay, first... Why is the obscurity factor overlookable? People act as if as soon as the first person to use Macs as a security measure, their marketshare will flipflop, they will be the biggest target, developers will all code for Mac, and it'll be a nightmare... This is ridiculous, and in fact, quite a few companies and orgs are already doing this. The US Navy and others.
Secondly, Macs do not have ActiveX, Applescript does not have the same level of potential for exploit. Macs do not have the messaging flaw. Way too much interconnection between Outlook, Exchange, Office, the System, the web, hotmail. Macs do not have this. Macs by default are configured to be much more locked down than PCs. So where is this argument that you'll regret using the Mac as a security measure? |
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