> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Welykochy [mailto:rick@praxis.com.au]
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 8:22 AM
> (*) the main reason Windows gets hit with so many viruses, besides the
fact
> of sheer numbers, is that the operating system is inherently less
secure
> than other operating systems; ignore that fact at your own peril
I'm no Windows apologist, but I don't think it's *inherently* less
secure than other operating systems. Its authors just don't pay much
attention to security issues. The result is a package that is wide open,
but not "inherently" so. Windows could be quite secure if Microsoft did
just three things:
- delivered their product with all network services turned OFF by
default
- delivered their product with functional packet filtering
- delivered their applications with automatic execution of macros and
executables OFF by default
There are lots of other little things but those three would make a huge
difference. It is a complete mystery to me why Microsoft still doesn't
do these things; I can only surmise that they quite literally do not
care.
Regards, K.
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