More serious Windows security woes
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Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
Linux is also vunerable
"Although rootkits are not unique to Windows,"
I would think any operating system is vunerable to this kind of crap. If the majority of servers are running Linux/Unix, and you want corperate information, a rootkit worm would fix you right up.
Bozo :mrgrn:
"Although rootkits are not unique to Windows,"
I would think any operating system is vunerable to this kind of crap. If the majority of servers are running Linux/Unix, and you want corperate information, a rootkit worm would fix you right up.
Bozo :mrgrn:
Fushigi
Storage Is My Life
Not any OS. i5/OS (formerly OS/400) would be immune as all OS objects are digitally signed and the signatures are evaluated when the objects are loaded/executed (as well as when installed/restored).
Also, program objects, the equivalent of EXEs and DLLs, can't be modified by normal commands or publicly available APIs. Copied & deleted, yes, but changing the contents, no. Program objects can only be manually patched via system service tools, which is a service function that cannot be scripted and has it's own additional layer of authentication that uses a separate ID from the normal system signon. And you need special system authority just to run the command to start service tools.
Also, program objects, the equivalent of EXEs and DLLs, can't be modified by normal commands or publicly available APIs. Copied & deleted, yes, but changing the contents, no. Program objects can only be manually patched via system service tools, which is a service function that cannot be scripted and has it's own additional layer of authentication that uses a separate ID from the normal system signon. And you need special system authority just to run the command to start service tools.
mubs
Storage? I am Storage!
Bozo,
I was waiting for someone to make the comment you made :lol: I think it's clear that Windows is way more vulnerable than Linux is. Hopefully, Linux won't degenerate.
The AS/400 is one heck of a platform. I have never understood why the geniuses at IBM keep it hidden in a closet.
I was waiting for someone to make the comment you made :lol: I think it's clear that Windows is way more vulnerable than Linux is. Hopefully, Linux won't degenerate.
The AS/400 is one heck of a platform. I have never understood why the geniuses at IBM keep it hidden in a closet.
Fushigi
Storage Is My Life
mubs, the answer is that it doesn't take as much in the way of services to get it going & keep it going. And we all know IBM is predominantly a services company now.
Seriously, their quick-start ERP deployments take 3-6 months vs. 9-18 months on Unix or Windows. There are 'solution edition' packages that are already tuned for certain workloads like SAP or Domino. The hardware is bulletproof. And forklift-proof (go here and watch Vandals).
Actually, IBM has, after years of being hounded by AS/400 customers, run a few TV commercials. They aren't really the best, but it's a start (after 17 years...). Go here and select Café Society TV spot.
Seriously, their quick-start ERP deployments take 3-6 months vs. 9-18 months on Unix or Windows. There are 'solution edition' packages that are already tuned for certain workloads like SAP or Domino. The hardware is bulletproof. And forklift-proof (go here and watch Vandals).
Actually, IBM has, after years of being hounded by AS/400 customers, run a few TV commercials. They aren't really the best, but it's a start (after 17 years...). Go here and select Café Society TV spot.