Security comparisons Linux (Unix)-NT?

[Giorgos Keramidas]

"Theodore J. Soldatos" <theodore at eexi.gr> writes:

> Psaxno gia arthra pou na sygrinoun to security metaksy Unix genikotera
> (kai Linux eidikotera) kai NT, kathos kai arthra pou na aforoun
> sygekrimenes periptoseis opou to ena h to allo antikatastathike gia
> logous security (se etaireies, organismous klp).
> 
> Kapoios egrapse se arthro sxetika sovarou episthmonikou periodikou oti
> "... to megalytero provlhma asfaleias sto Internet einai oti oi
> perissoteroi servers trexoun Unix kai oxi kapoio asfales OS, opos px
> Windows NT". Den peisthke gia to antitheto sthn thlefonikh synomilia
> pou eixame kai psaxno gia facts... :-)

Tou arthrografou pou mallov atuxnse va zei se mia xwra me kamposous
unixades, pes tou na dokimasei to C2 security tou Digital Unix.  Kai
meta pes tou oti ta Windows NT ksekinisan legontas oti exoun C2
security, meta apo kapoia diktuaka 'flaws' eipav oti eivai C2 secure
movo stnv konsola, kai meta apo ligo to stamatnsave ki ayto.

So much for windows and security.

Bebaia, kaveis den eipe oti to linux einai pio `secure' apo ta windows,
giati ta default setup tou sinithos perilambanoun services opws ftp &
telnet, pou se windows bebaia dev uparxouv ws meros tou leitourgikou ara 
dev mporei va tnv patnsei apo 'kei kapoios neofermenos sta windows.
Bebaia security den einai na min exeis katholou services.  Security
einai na exeis services, alla na einai, ... hmmm, asfalismena [oxi, oxi, 
dev evvow tnv interamerican].  Toulaxiston sto linux, mporeis an theleis 
na ta apenergopoihseis ta services, an ta xreiasteis omws einai ekei kai 
douleuoun, den ta exei kopsei kapoios eksupnos pou ithele na to paiksei
oti "emeis den exoume ftpd me exploits giati apla den exoume ftpd."

Epeidn eimai off-line twra pou grafw, dev exw to link sto site tns mamas 
M$ pou elege gia to C2 security kai ta Win=NT.  Gia ta alla Windows
breeds oute anafora, opote genika ypo0etoume oti den einai secure kai
gi' auto den anaferetai kati gia to epipedo tou security pou exoun.

-- 
Giorgos Keramidas, <keramida at ceid.upatras.gr>
"What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." [Aristotle]
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