Re: Sygate ??

From: Volker Birk (bumens_at_dingens.org)
Date: 08/28/05 

Date: 28 Aug 2005 19:32:24 +0200

Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn@speakeasy.net> wrote:
> For the most part, I agree here. However, I personally feel that I
> cannot trust Microsoft, having personally used five consecutive versions
> of Windows, all of which did not perform as advertised in one form or
> another. In addition, Microsoft's security track record is just plain
> atrocious. Granted, for a while Red Hat wasn't doing a whole lot better,
> and other GNU/Linux distributions have had rather large gaffes as well.
> But the cold hard fact is, before Windows was Internet capable, there
> was *the* Internet worm, as in one. Remember that.

I know. I don't think, Microsoft Windows is a highly secure platform
or something. They're getting better with this SP2 stuff for Windows XP
now, but there is much work left to do. And Windows just is to complex
to become a higly secure system ever, I think.

But: if one doesn't trust into Microsoft, then she/he just shouldn't use
Windows. That was what I was trying to say.

> > The result of this thinking is: you only can control software, which
> > is already running on your PC, which is of good nature and wants to be
> > controlled, or which is malware and very dumb and incompetent itself.
> And that which you can't control, you can always kill, right?

Unfortunately, this is not true for every malware. You just can protect
your PC and keep your eyes open and your brain clear, so you will not
get malware running on your box.

Yours,
VB. 

-- 
"Es kann nicht sein, dass die Frustrierten in Rom bestimmen, was in
deutschen Schlafzimmern passiert".
                                    Harald Schmidt zum "Weltjugendtag"

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