Thursday, August 09, 2007

Is open source more secure than Windows? Study says 'no.'

There is a commonly-held belief that open source technology is more secure than Windows.
Find out how a study on data vulnerability questions this perception and proves Microsoft Windows Server 2003 to be a lower risk than two leading Linux enterprise distributions.

The study found that Windows Server 2003 is consistently lower risk than Red Hat ES 3 or Red Hat ES 4. Windows Server 2003 has fewer total vulnerabilities, which means users have fewer patching events to respond to, the first high criticality vulnerability was not identified until over two years after release, and on average Windows Server 2003 has fewer unpatched vulnerabilities per day.

Download the whitepaper:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/f/3/cf33326d-58fb-4f57-bfe6-70b943d04b3d/Secunia Vulnerability Study - Summary and Analysis.pdf

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Duane Aritonang
Chief Technology Officer
http://www.ArtDuane.com

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