Vista vs Mac OS X Security: Why George Ou’s ZDNet Vulnerability Numerology is
Absurd
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| That cult of mediocrity has spawned a dedicated following of enthusiasts that
| are happy to support wishful thinking against reason and buy bad products
| like the Zune out of principle and allegiance to a brand that abuses them. As
| Harvey Lubin noted, it’s a case of Stockholm Syndrome. Microsoft has a nation
| of users brainwashed by nonstop propaganda that rivals the old Soviet Union,
| and is no less interested in keeping them locked inside its Iron Curtain.
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| [...]
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| ZDNet Shill Confirms Credibility of ZDNet Shill.
| How does ZDNet defend the business sense of hosting a false report on
| vulnerability numerology, a report Ou already used back in February, was
| corrected on, but then chose to spill out again for more click sensationalism
| now that ZDNet has promoted him from dancing shill to the author of its Zero
| Day security blog? And was nobody else at ZDNet more qualified than Ou to
| misrepresent statistics on Windows security?
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http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/12/21/vista-vs-mac-os-x-security-why-george-ous-zdnet-vulnerability-numerology-is-absurd/
http://tinyurl.com/2bh3vt
Secure enough for the army though...
Apples For The Army
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| By Wallington's estimate, around 20,000 of the Army's 700,000 or so desktops
| and servers are Apple-made. He estimates that about a thousand Macs enter the
| Army's ranks during each of its bi-annual hardware buying periods.
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http://www.forbes.com/home/technology/2007/12/20/apple-army-hackers-tech-security-cx_ag_1221army.html
Related:
Critical Vulnerability in Microsoft Metrics
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| This is a small subset of all the vulnerabilities, because the
| vulnerabilities that are found through the QA process and the vulnerabilities
| that are found by the security folks they engage as contractors to perform
| penetration testing are fixed in service packs and major updates. For
| Microsoft this makes sense because these fixes get the benefit of a full test
| pass which is much more robust for a service pack or major release than it is
| for a security update.
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http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2007/11/30/critical-vulnerability-in-microsoft-metrics/
Skeletons in Microsoft’s Patch Day closet
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| This is the first time I’ve seen Microsoft prominently admit to silently
| fixing vulnerabilities in its bulletins — a controversial practice that
| effectively reduces the number of publicly documented bug fixes (for those
| keeping count) and affects patch management/deployment decisions.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=316
Beware of undisclosed Microsoft patches
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| Forget for a moment whether Microsoft is throwing off patch counts
| that Microsoft brass use to compare its security record with those
| of its competitors. What do you think of Redmond’s silent patching
| practice?
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=527
Microsoft is Counting Bugs Again
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| Sorry, but Microsoft's self-evaluating security counting isn't really a
| good accounting.
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| The point: Don't count on security flaw counting. The real flaw is
| the counting.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/security/microsoft_is_counting_bugs_again.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
2006 Operating System Vulnerability Summary
http://www.omninerd.com/2007/03/26/articles/74
Linux vs. Windows: Which is Most Secure?
http://www.esecurityplanet.com/views/article.php/3665801
Linux Security: A Big Edge Over Windows
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/54742.html
The problems with Vista laid bare - What might have been
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38419
Why Windows is less secure than Linux
http://blogs.zdnet.com/threatchaos/?p=311
Linux more secure than Windows, national survey shows
http://www.xomba.com/linux_more_secure_than_windows_national_survey_shows
Microsoft Windows: Insecure by Design
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A34978-2003Aug23?language=printer
If Only We Knew Then What We Know Now About Windows XP
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/23/AR2006092300510.html?nav=rss_technology
Why Windows is a security nightmare.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/21/1085120110704.html
The Structural Failures of Windows
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=15305
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