Posted on 06/11/2012 4:46:39 AM PDT by ShadowAce
Intredasting.
Funny. I thought Linux was free...
$27,883,883????
To “install” Linux?
Where they already developed code on Windoze?
Insane!
Open Source = Snack for Hackers. When are we ever going to learn. It is impossible to secure Linux because everyone worldwide has the source code.
Linux has a whole different model/theory of security than Windows does.
Windows started out life as a single-user OS, running on single-user machines. This was fine as long as the machine was not connected to a network. Linux, however, started out as a multi-user OS for multi-user machines. The whole theory of separating processes and users into their own space on the machine is built-in and a core part of the OS. This means that any process started on a Linux computer is confined to the space of the user account it is running as.
Windows doesn't have that separation as an innate part of the OS. It was built in afterwards and is still not as good as *nix-based systems.
...hackers don't waste their time w/ Linux because of the small population of users?
Linux runs on more systems, with higher amounts of responsibility, than Windows does. Getting into a Linux-based system would be a huge win for crackers.
Absolutely incorrect. In fact, that is so incorrect, you cannot get any more incorrect.
Check out how PGP works for an example.
So where did you get your computer science degree?
Oh, you don't have one?
You just "know" things?
You and Ubama have a lot in common.
The fact that the source code is available around the world is part of why Linux is secure. Nowhere for security flaws to hide. Remember security by obscurity isn’t actual security.
/lost of n00b on this thread.
Funny. You are joking, right? Whew. I thought so. Besides the superior security model,a linux system is the most flexible platform for building any enterprise class application. While I do love the rock solid platform that we are using (AIX) I lobby for a linux platform regularly.
“It is impossible to secure Linux because everyone worldwide has the source code.”
Are you kidding? Security by obscurity is a terrible model and going with Windows because of this is a terrible idea. Open Source allows the flexibility to create almost any level of security you need in an embedded system.
mikey_hates_everything is correct.
So, you're a member of the "security through obscurity" camp? :)
The pertinent question to ask (and I don't know the answer) is, does the US military employ well-known or proprietary algorithms for encryption. It's the same principle.
you can still pick up malware with Linux , it will not affect you , but you can pass the malware to a windows user LOL
And Linux with SeLinux enabled should be very well suited for military applications.
Of course I'm just a former NASA engineer with a CISSP cert - so what do I know??? :)
Must be a site license with some insane level of support.
Without getting to technical the UNIX operating system is more inherently stable and less susceptible to attack because every application runs in its own memory space which limits the damage that can be done to the OS. Having said that if you can get the root password the system is wide open. Getting the root password would require human intelligence/bribery.
Another overlooked source of UNIX success is that UNIX system programming requires a hight caliber of developer/admin than is normally required for windows due to UNIX's sophistication.
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