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Study: Safest OS isn't Windows--or Linux - huh ?

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mc0282:
NOTE: i am not trolling.. if my post is shitty let me know i will delete the information..
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5162348.html
"According to the study, the most secure OS turned out to be BSD (Berkley Software Distribution) and Mac OS X. mi2g said its study focused on "overt digital attacks" and did not include other methods of intrusion such as viruses and worms."


well had my jaw drop linux is not safe... but mac os safe ?  and bsd ? man

[ February 23, 2004: Message edited by: mc0282 ]

WMD:
BSD (in particular, OpenBSD) was always most secure.  (OSX is based off BSD)

Not to mention, in the heated debate on this at Slashdot, there was general agreement that the company that produced the report is a Microslave(TM).  :D

M51DPS:

quote:Originally posted by WMD:
OSX is based off BSD
--- End quote ---


I get the feeling that Mac OS X is only considered the safest with BSD because there is a BSD subsystem . . .

WMD:

quote:Originally posted by M51DPS:


I get the feeling that Mac OS X is only considered the safest with BSD because there is a BSD subsystem . . .
--- End quote ---


Well if that's all there is, then Apple is making a bigger deal out of it then they need to.

Calum:
they always do. and i have often heard that OpenBSD is the most secure system, of course it depends what is installed on it and what it's doing i should think...

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