[LUAU] Its time to simply ban Windoze machines from the Internet
Jim Thompson
jim at netgate.com
Thu Oct 19 03:06:41 PDT 2006
On Oct 18, 2006, at 8:19 PM, 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.
Please. Windows is *full* of holes, and by default, it essentially
runs as "root" (or the Windows equivalent).
(Just like Linspire, which sucks too.)
I've had linux machines on the wide-open net for years with nary an
issue (save a RedHat machine in 1999 or so that got rooted when it
was sitting in my home at the end of a T1 line.)
Go ahead, put your XP machine up on a raw, unfiltered IP connection.
See how long it lasts.
jim
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