I have talked about Linux vs Windows nightmare with many people and lastly I found an article which talks about what I am saying! Please don't say: "Because Linux is more secure, I will use it from now and on." Linux is good, because it is another operating system, because it is open source, because it is mostly free, because it could (You think it can anymore?) run on weak hardwares. Some major parts of
this article. Via
The Scobleizer Weblog.
"Linux was the most-attacked online server operating system in August, according to a report from mi2g, a digital risk assessment company based in London. In August, 67% of all overt digital attacks targeted Linux. Windows received 23.2% of the attacks."
"But despite Linux being the target of the majority of overt, or known, digital attacks, virus attacks on Windows caused much greater financial damage."
You think why the later one happens? Because Windows is used more, not because Windows is more unsecure, please distinguish these two.
''Linux isn't more or less secure than Microsoft, in the respect that it's certainly possible to create viruses and worms that target Linux and to initiate intrusion attacks against Linux,'' says Chris Belthoff, a senior analyst at Sophos, Inc., an anti-virus company based in Lynnfield, Mass."
''If there is a market shift and more Linux is out there, it's almost a certainty that you'll have more malicious code targeting that platform. It simply would meet the virus writers' needs.''
"But as Linux goes more and more corporate, Woolley thinks all bets will be off. And Robert Richardson, editorial director of the Computer Security Institute, says IT managers who switch to Linux to avoid the virus attacks on Windows may be in for a surprise."