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Siplus:

quote:Originally posted by The Knife Thrower:
Only about 50 times in 3 years when it has crashed?
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i can see that happening only with windows2k, if it was win9x, then arya didn't use a computer often...

Pantso:

quote:Originally posted by M51DPS:
What viruses still exist on Macs? I know that there used to be a bunch that infected HyperCard stacks and about the AutoStart worm, but what about today?
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I'm not aware of any viruses in OS X and I believe that it is the most secure OS currently, even more secure than Linux. In fact all of the BSDs are a bit safer than Linux.

Calum:
how is that backed up i'd like to know? surely the major insecurities come from what services are running and this is not OS specific, after a point, it's more specific to the role of the machine and what software is used to do the job.

Faust:
BSD kernel has less exploits but surely this in no way affects the exploits possible in specific clients / servers?  Well ok some servers (SSH) are bsd made as well, but not all surely?  and crackers will hit the most vulnerable point so if the kernel is secure then why would they care if a client/server isnt?

edit : ok so the kernel can intercept packets before they hit the client server but so?  It would be dumb to stop anything but illegal packets anyway...

and you can still have SUID programs running where they dont need to be so sometimes this depends on the user...

[ April 15, 2003: Message edited by: Faust ]

Pantso:
Don't get me wrong there people. I was just talking based on statistics. It is true that the BSDs have less exploits than Linux, which of course I consider a really safe OS. After all I use Linux (for the millionth time).  ;)

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