Comments on: What do you use: OS X, Vista or Linux? http://cy4n1de.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/what-do-you-use-os-x-vista-or-linux/ You don't want to know about it! Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:37:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: freestuffadventures http://cy4n1de.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/what-do-you-use-os-x-vista-or-linux/#comment-9 freestuffadventures Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:19:03 +0000 http://cy4n1de.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/what-do-you-use-os-x-vista-or-linux/#comment-9 XP ftw XP ftw

]]> By: whyamistilltyping http://cy4n1de.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/what-do-you-use-os-x-vista-or-linux/#comment-8 whyamistilltyping Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:23:45 +0000 http://cy4n1de.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/what-do-you-use-os-x-vista-or-linux/#comment-8 Hmmm, I strongly disagree with some of your points. Linux (well *nix) has a much better user privaledge system which is also similarly implemented in OSX (Darwin in *nix based.) This is a basis for a good security model. The developers at Redmond made a fatal error with Windows XP, they made the default account the same level as the built in Administrator level which means the system is potentially wide open. I won't go into the ins and outs of it, but Vista has made some big improvements in that field. Whilst I dislike some of the extra services / functionality Microsoft has added into Windows 6, it definately is a far superior OS to XP (and possibly linux and OSX in some regards.) XP was a good operating system for it's time, unfortunately the world has moved on and, if you use Windows applications then Vista is now the OS of choice. To say it is a dud is a very profound statement, one which I would challenge you on. Of course if the problem is between the chair and the keyboard, no system will be secure for long. Hmmm, I strongly disagree with some of your points. Linux (well *nix) has a much better user privaledge system which is also similarly implemented in OSX (Darwin in *nix based.) This is a basis for a good security model. The developers at Redmond made a fatal error with Windows XP, they made the default account the same level as the built in Administrator level which means the system is potentially wide open. I won’t go into the ins and outs of it, but Vista has made some big improvements in that field. Whilst I dislike some of the extra services / functionality Microsoft has added into Windows 6, it definately is a far superior OS to XP (and possibly linux and OSX in some regards.)

XP was a good operating system for it’s time, unfortunately the world has moved on and, if you use Windows applications then Vista is now the OS of choice. To say it is a dud is a very profound statement, one which I would challenge you on.

Of course if the problem is between the chair and the keyboard, no system will be secure for long.

]]> By: Marcin Trybus http://cy4n1de.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/what-do-you-use-os-x-vista-or-linux/#comment-7 Marcin Trybus Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:33:12 +0000 http://cy4n1de.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/what-do-you-use-os-x-vista-or-linux/#comment-7 I use Debian GNU/Linux Lenny, Firefox 3 Beta (or Minefield) and Konqueror 3.5.latest (for friendly websites). Opera (even the brand new 9.50 beta) is nowhere as fast or usable as FF3. No AdBlock? -> Pages have more ads then text. No NoScript? -> No secure browsing. I'll pass on that. It's a classic trade-off. GNU/Linux is secure, MacOS is easy to use, XP is kinda half way there in both categories, Vista is a dud. It's not that GNU/Linux is any more secure then MacOSX. It can be crippled to be user-friendly, just like MacOSX is (out-of-the-box!). Apple is the new Microsoft, just more hippie. I read that using Safari on a non-Mac breaks its license anyway. Extraterrestials have ported Debian and Firefox on their hardware. Some of them are even Debian Developers. I use Debian GNU/Linux Lenny, Firefox 3 Beta (or Minefield) and Konqueror 3.5.latest (for friendly websites).

Opera (even the brand new 9.50 beta) is nowhere as fast or usable as FF3.
No AdBlock? -> Pages have more ads then text.
No NoScript? -> No secure browsing.
I’ll pass on that.

It’s a classic trade-off. GNU/Linux is secure, MacOS is easy to use, XP is kinda half way there in both categories, Vista is a dud. It’s not that GNU/Linux is any more secure then MacOSX. It can be crippled to be user-friendly, just like MacOSX is (out-of-the-box!).

Apple is the new Microsoft, just more hippie. I read that using Safari on a non-Mac breaks its license anyway.

Extraterrestials have ported Debian and Firefox on their hardware. Some of them are even Debian Developers.

]]> By: whyamistilltyping http://cy4n1de.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/what-do-you-use-os-x-vista-or-linux/#comment-6 whyamistilltyping Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:15:25 +0000 http://cy4n1de.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/what-do-you-use-os-x-vista-or-linux/#comment-6 Erm.... did you do a bit of background reading at all before posting this? The flaw is in a undisclosed issue in Safari, however there is every chance Linux could be affected in a similar way. The reason the hacker went after OSX was because it was the fastest to take down with his exploit. The attack vector of the exploit itself was not disclosed but we do not it was used to allow remote access by (or via) the opening of key ports on the target system which allowed an attacker to quietly slip in. The whole point of contests like this is to promote responsible disclosures of such vulnerabilities and to reward the person responsible so they don't go and SELL this information to groups who would develop malware and pose a risk to ordinary users. Erm…. did you do a bit of background reading at all before posting this? The flaw is in a undisclosed issue in Safari, however there is every chance Linux could be affected in a similar way. The reason the hacker went after OSX was because it was the fastest to take down with his exploit. The attack vector of the exploit itself was not disclosed but we do not it was used to allow remote access by (or via) the opening of key ports on the target system which allowed an attacker to quietly slip in.

The whole point of contests like this is to promote responsible disclosures of such vulnerabilities and to reward the person responsible so they don’t go and SELL this information to groups who would develop malware and pose a risk to ordinary users.

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