5 Nov
2011
5 Nov
'11
2:43 a.m.
Tell me how debian is less secure out of the box ?
Well, if you're on x86 or x64, which most Debian probably will be,
then it's less secure in that it's capable of running the payload of
most cracking tools. [...] I think a VAX (or insert name of unusual operating
system and
architecture configuration here) is probably more secure in practice
but mostly because relatively few people know how to bust into one.
Exactly.
And, on a net where one is exposed daily, hourly, in some cases
minutely (to abuse a spelling that usually means something else), to
automated breakin attempts from botnets looking to spread? I think
calling inherent immunity to them "more secure" is fair.
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