Re: Security through wide system use?
From: Lassi Hippeläinen (lassi.hippelainen_at_welho.compromised.invalid)
Date: 12/23/03
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Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 19:06:01 +0200
Adam O'Brien wrote:
>
> >
> > I received an email today from my manager pointing me to an article on
> > news.com.com[1] that states Windows gets hacked more because its
> > popular, and Linux isn't as popular so it doesn't get targeted as
> > much.
>
> It certainly the case that the ubiquity of Windows platforms results
> in more tools being developed to attack them. This is exacerbated by
> the bad feelings many people have towards MS.
The availability of tools is only a part of the number game...
Malware needs an ecosystem. Since there are so many Windows plarforms
available, even less important holes are common enough to cultivate a
global epidemic (e.g. the SQL worm).
Since Linux boxes are less common, malware targeted to them may not find
enough hosts to infect, and dies out naturally.
-- Lassi
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