Re:Think Windows is insecure? You're wrong, says security fi...
by niels_olson on Saturday August 13, 2011 @03:45PM
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> safety and security are different concepts
I did anti-terrorism in the military for awhile and I totally agree, but I would love to read the great tptacek's breakdown of the differences.
Re:Think Windows is insecure? You're wrong, says security fi...
by StavrosK on Saturday August 13, 2011 @04:37PM
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I'm not tptacek, but I think it's mostly clear that a castle in Compton is more secure than a cottage in a village in the Alps, but less safe.
Re:Think Windows is insecure? You're wrong, says security fi...
by cosgroveb on Saturday August 13, 2011 @04:45PM
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I believe I've seen tptacek say a liquor store in Englewood, Chicago with bulletproof glass in front of the cashier is more secure than a 7-11 in Lincoln Park, but the 7-11 is safer. Or something like that. :)
This stuff is hard to pin down; for instance, there's a lot of hardening you can (but most people do not) do on Linux, and Lion changes the game on countermeasures for OS X. So it's a uniquely bad time to try to resolve this controversy decisively. But it's also hard to ignore the fact that much of what Lion is doing was pioneered in WinAPI.
(I'm an OS X user; also, I do systems software security).
Whether Windows (Vista+) is safer than Linux is up for debate. But safety and security are different concepts.