[LUAU] Its time to simply ban Windoze machines from the Internet

[R. Scott Belford]

Tim Newsham wrote:
>> Its not that simple.   Windows boxes are a heckuva lot easier to 
>> populate with the software that creates botnets.   They're an open 
>> infection vector.
> 
> I don't agree at all.  There are sufficient server and client 
> vulnerabilities in *BSD, linux, OS X and windows.  Many of the attacks 
> don't even rely on any software vulnerability but on the poor judgement 
> and bad practices of end users.  These same problems exist in the unix 
> population.  The software for all aspects of a the malware would be 
> substantially similar across all existing popular platforms.  The only 
> major differentiator is the return on investment.  Writing attacks for 
> windows makes more economical sense for attackers.

I do wonder what effect the human factor will have on the prestige FOSS 
enjoys once it becomes more mainstream, especially on the desktop.  Of 
course, nearly 70% of web servers are run by Apache.  As I understand 
it, a disproportionate number of vulnerabilities are found on the 
windows server platform.

> 
> Tim Newsham
> http://www.thenewsh.com/~newsham/

--scott