Operating System Security

From CryptoDox, The Online Encyclopedia on Cryptography and Information Security

The Windows Vs Linux Security debate is an ongoing debate. This website cannot take a stance on which is a better in terms of security for the sheer fact of getting into the same debate!

What we have done is to provide the following list of independent assessments done by various people on this subject:

• Windows v Linux security: the real facts - The Register
• Windows Users Have Fewer Vulnerabilities - Microsoft/Foresster
• Security Report: Windows vs Linux (Full PDF) - The Register
• Linux vs. Windows: Which Is More Secure? - eWeek
• Windows vs. Linux security: No unbiased reports - NewsForge

See Also

• "SecurityCartoon.com: A Phishing Cartoon Collection" by Sukamol Srikwan & Markus Jakobsson
• Network Security