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| Do you remember IE 3.0? Before IE 3 there were no executable nasties. This was before VBS. I believe it was also before the Word.doc macro virus. I won't even mention the furor VBS created in the security community for months before it was released. Every fear these fine folks expressed about VBS has come to pass and in some cases the outcome was worse than predicted.
»www.sans.org/ is a security site that lists exploits and/or patches for every computer system every day 24/7. Microsoft exploits have increased more than 1000% in five years whereas Unix has remained about the same as has Sun and SCO. Linux exploits have increased but not nearly to the degree MS exploits have, plus, Linux exploits are are patched as quickly as in less than five minutes. When it comes to security and patching holes, the laggard appears to be Bill Gates and Microsoft.
I use IE and OE by choice, but, and this is the big exception -- I do not use it on any machine running a M$ operating system. Therefore my computer is not vulnerable to worms, viruses, trojans, back doors, or any other malware aimed at Bill Gates' products. This is my solution
The simple fact is that Bill Gates cannot support a zillion hardware manufacturers, and a zillion software manufacturers, plus ME, 2000, NT 1-5, Windows 1.0- W98se, Word 1-10, OE 1-6, IIS and be secure. It is impossible, it is not going to happen now or ever. The only POSSIBLE WAY for Bill Gates to produce a secure product is to build every inch of it from idea to the machine it is installed on -- and even then there is no guarantee.
But it is a beginning. |
