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  3. February 2002

RE: Which OS is more secure ?

I will take a neutral stand point here. I believe that both Windows and
Linux are close to being the same for security (from the NT standpoint NOT
9x/ME), if you know how to do it. Bugs? As long as the programmers are
human, there will be bugs. The Windows OS tends to get hacked more than
Linux, but also how many of these hackings are by "script-kiddies" vs. true
hackers or crackers. Many times there already is a fix for the vulnerability
that the hacker found, it just wasn't applied by the admin (like CodeRed,
Minda, etc.).

Mike

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