Security in OS

[npoe1]

I was wondering where I can find information about security in Windows XP/2003, Linux, MacOS and UNIX, please gimme some clues.

Thanks for the help.

 

[Nothinman]

That's an extremely vague question, care to be more specific?

 

[stash]

Please give us some clues as to what you are looking for

 

[npoe1]

like some web page that have information about security issues in Windows, Linux, I need to make a comparison and need some reliable sources, so web pages that have serious information, not something like Windows is better in a Microsoft page, and not Linux is better than Windows because I said it so.

Hope that this is enough

 

[npoe1]

or book, anything.

 

[stash]

What kind of comparison? Number of vulnerabilities? Types of vulnerabilities? Days of risk? Criticality?

 

[spherrod]

I think you need to be a lot more specific with what you are asking - is it something like this you are looking for?

http://www.sans.org/top20/

 

[nweaver]

security is as good as the admin, no better. I have seen locked down tight do exactly what is needed windows servers, and running loose and wild got hacked linux boxes. same thing, only reverse too. Security is 90% admin 10% OS patches. (IMHO)

 

[Markbnj]

G O O G L E

 

[Brazen]

I came across this website that looks like it can give you just what you are looking for. It doesn't seem to be very well known, but it should work alright. I think it must be some new thing.

 

[npoe1]

Thanks for help to nweaver, spherrod and STaSh, especially spherrod, although GOOGLE is a good search engine it throw you garbage, so much about Linux and Windows, so I was looking for information like spherrod contribution.

And I will try to get information about admin experiences I hope that I find it.


More contributions are always welcome.

 

[spherrod]

Originally posted by: npoe1
Thanks for help to nweaver, spherrod and STaSh, especially spherrod, although GOOGLE is a good search engine it throw you garbage, so much about Linux and Windows, so I was looking for information like spherrod contribution.

And I will try to get information about admin experiences I hope that I find it.


More contributions are always welcome.

The link I provided was the first hit on my search Google is as good as the search terms you provide - I just searched on the following terms

Windows Linux Security Vulnerabilities

 

[ncage]

Originally posted by: npoe1
I was wondering where I can find information about security in Windows XP/2003, Linux, MacOS and UNIX, please gimme some clues.

Thanks for the help.

www.securityfocus.com

 

[dnuggett]

Originally posted by: ncage

Originally posted by: npoe1
I was wondering where I can find information about security in Windows XP/2003, Linux, MacOS and UNIX, please gimme some clues.

Thanks for the help.

www.securityfocus.com

Ding Ding, we have a winner.

 

[dnuggett]

Originally posted by: nweaver
security is as good as the admin, no better. I have seen locked down tight do exactly what is needed windows servers, and running loose and wild got hacked linux boxes. same thing, only reverse too. Security is 90% admin 10% OS patches. (IMHO)

While I agree a competent admin is important I disagree with your statement as a whole. Patches/update are def not 10% of the 2 input equation your provided, they are much higher especially in a Windows envirnment. Out of curiosity what side of the fence are you looking at this from? Are you a network/sys admin?

 

[MiniDoom]

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