Hi Guys, Thank you for all the info, ideas and options, now just need to explore... Thanks again. Best regards Luis On Oct 4, 2012 2:34 AM, "Bob Blick" wrote: > I smell religious war. Solarwind, you started it. Your first post today > in this thread could easily have been composed without bashing > Microsoft. > > Bob > > > On Wed, Oct 3, 2012, at 05:23 PM, V G wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Tamas Rudnai > > wrote: > > > > > You do not need to tell me security issues, I work on this field for > 20+ > > > years (on the good side before you ask me :-) ). > > > > > > However, saying that something is more secure just because it was > written > > > by someone else is wrong -- sorry to say that, but that's the naked > truth. > > > Our ThreatSeeker Network for example catches hunders of thousands of > > > compromised websites every day, and I can't even remember if any of > them > > > was running on a customized web server. You need a different approach > for > > > security measurements than just trust on a code based solely on who > written > > > it or the size of the customer base. > > > > > > > I wonder what versions of server software is being used. There will > > always > > be security vulnerabilities. The key is that they're found and patched > > quickly. That's the whole point of using something like Apache. There a= re > > thousands of people who are working on it and constantly fixing bugs an= d > > vulnerabilities. Microsoft, on the other hand, is not known for good > > practices such as this. Am I wrong? > > > > Oh, and btw2: Linux has just as many or even more vulnerabilities then > > > Microsoft has, which may or may not be targeted by the cyber > criminals. On > > > the server-wise Linux is probably more on the highlight for the > attackers > > > as that is used most for hosting. On mobile platform you are in a muc= h > > > higher danger if you use Android (which is technically a Linux > system), or > > > a custom OS like BlackBerry or Symbian, than you had a Windows CE or > > > Windows Mobile device. In the other hand on the desktop field Microso= ft > > > Windows is definitely under the siege. Having said that, Microsoft no= w > has > > > a much better program on monitoring and patching the code as well as > > > consulting with the security experts on this field than any of the > > > Linux distribution or the kernel guys does. I am saying all of these > even > > > though I am a Linux/Unix and Mac fan. > > > > > > > "Having said that, Microsoft now has > > a much better program on monitoring and patching the code as well as > > consulting with the security experts on this field than any of the > > Linux distribution or the kernel guys does." > > > > Haha. Good one. Somehow I highly doubt anything that comes out of > > Microsoft > > is of better quality (including security) than something from the OpenB= SD > > distribution. The majority of the web agrees. Much Linux server softwar= e > > comes from the OpenBSD codebase, by the way. > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .