Re:How to get root on Ubuntu 20.04 by pretending nobody’s /home
by cesarb on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @10:52AM
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> > security superiority of Linux in contrast to Windows. Perhaps that's an antiquated notion now
> This doesn't exists.
It does exist, but as mentioned by the parent comment, that security superiority of Linux in contrast to Windows is a reputation it earned in the late 1990s and early 2000s; back then (before Windows XP SP2), Windows was a security disaster. Both Windows and Linux got better at security since then.
> Arguably otherwise Windows has better defense because it comes with built-in virus scanner.
Back then (before Windows Vista), it didn't. And one could also argue that this might be because Windows needs a virus scanner more than Linux does.
> This doesn't exists.
It does exist, but as mentioned by the parent comment, that security superiority of Linux in contrast to Windows is a reputation it earned in the late 1990s and early 2000s; back then (before Windows XP SP2), Windows was a security disaster. Both Windows and Linux got better at security since then.
> Arguably otherwise Windows has better defense because it comes with built-in virus scanner.
Back then (before Windows Vista), it didn't. And one could also argue that this might be because Windows needs a virus scanner more than Linux does.