Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 18:31:29 +0100 From: Benjamin Walkenhorst <krylon@gmx.net> To: Richard Cotrina <rcc@speedy.net.pe> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: *BSD is considered the safest OS Message-ID: <4187C471.1050608@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20041102120139.U70884@kheops.speedy.net.pe> References: <20041102120139.U70884@kheops.speedy.net.pe>
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Richard Cotrina wrote: >Perhaps this is an old news, but it's interesting to post it to the list. > >A recent study made by MI2G, an UK company focused in data risk >security, shows that *BSD and MacOS X were the less breached OS in a >sample of more that 200K computers permanently connected to the internet. > >http://mi2g.net/cgi/mi2g/frameset.php?pageid=http%3A//mi2g.net/cgi/mi2g/press/021104.php > > heise.de questioned the credibility of the study. On the other hand they did a security survey around december 2003/january 2004, and IIRC, their results were *pretty* similar to what this study shows. I do believe, the heise-study also mentioned that BSD-systems were not only rarely attacked because of being so rare, but that the rate of successful attacks against BSD-based system was lower than with, say Linux and Windows. <speculation> I for one do believe that Linux gets aways so badly not because Linux inherently insecure or "bad", but because many Linux-machines do not - that's my impression at least - receive the degree of administrative attention they would need. BSD - in my impression - attracts more experienced users/administrators than Linux, having become rather "mainstream". If you looked at the attacked Linux systems in more detail, I also assume you'd find the same to be true for Red Hat/Suse vs. Debian systems. I do believe that the same goes for windows - since it's so easy to handle, superficially, it will tend to be operated by less experienced admins in general. Just remember that all the NT-worms only got so successful because there uncounted unpatched systems out there... </speculation> Kind regards, Benjamin
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