RE: How Secure is Windows, Really?

Joe Pluta wrote on 03/01/2007 11:21:03 AM:

Not zero ways, mind you.  Operating systems are essentially still 

programs

and programs have flaws.  I'm relatively certain that someone of Leif
Svalgaard's knowledge and skill level might be able to create what would 

in

effect be a rootkit for the iSeries.  But the pool of potential black 

hats

for the iSeries is so very, very small that I don't think it's likely to
happen (unlike the Open Source Windows rootkit package that's freely
available for download on the Internet).

One could reverse this argument and say that there are also less white hat 
hackers (security researchers and the like) who work on the System i, and 
therefore if a (smart) black hat hacker were to find a hole, it would be 
more likely to go unnoticed and unpatched.

I agree that the System i has great security architecture.  I agree that 
Windows is less secure than i5/OS.  I don't think the "not enough bad 
people" argument is a useful one - why not focus on the strengths of i5/OS 
and how to leverage those strengths.

- Adam

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