Re: And The Most Insecure OS Of 2005 Award Goes To...

In article <Wsgvf.5711$0y2.2048@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"zara" <zspook@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> "Jim Polaski" <jpolaski@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:jpolaski-325E80.14062405012006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > In article <SOWuf.1711$0y2.1352@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > "zara" <zspook@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> "Jim Polaski" <jpolaski@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:jpolaski-C91863.14414704012006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > In article <C9Quf.108487$aS5.96478@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >> > "zara" <zspook@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> "Derek Currie" <derekcurrie@*NOSPAM*mac.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:derekcurrie-4E3572.06525304012006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> > In article <a73nr1pjgtdavdj6mha310qdg063kt88ri@xxxxxxx>,
> >> >> > Mayor of R'lyeh <mayor.of.rlyeh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Oops! Here's the URL.
> >> >> >> http://www.betanews.com/article/5198_Linux_Windows_OS_Flaws_in_2005/1
> >> >> >> 136
> >> >> >> 328
> >> >> >> 858
> >> >> >> #talkback
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I was wondering when you were going to connect a neuron and realize
> >> >> > you
> >> >> > had never posted any URL.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > So I read it.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Here is the applicable information from the article:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > ***"Windows is regarded as the most insecure operating system..."***
> >> >> >
> >> >> > OK, so the point of this thread has just been nullified. Good work
> >> >> > Mayor
> >> >> > of Foolishness.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > To further quote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "No vulnerabilities were listed for Apple's Mac OS X, however
> >> >> > several
> >> >> > had been disclosed during the year. Also, since OS X is based on
> >> >> > Unix,
> >> >> > it is vulnerable to some of the flaws associated with its core
> >> >> > operating
> >> >> > system."
> >> >> >
> >> >> > This points out that the report from US-CERT was incomplete by not
> >> >> > adequately covering Mac OS X. How this equates to Mac OS X being
> >> >> > insecure escapes me. I guess my problem is that I think.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Equating generic 'Unix' with Mac OS X is faulty. The fact is that
> >> >> > Mac
> >> >> > OS
> >> >> > X uses the Darwin kernel, unlike ANY other version of Unix, which is
> >> >> > one
> >> >> > reason that Mac OS X has had fewer exploits than ANY other version
> >> >> > of
> >> >> > Unix. Also add to that the fact that the Darwin OS, which is the
> >> >> > underpinning of Mac OS X, is based primarily on FreeBSD, which
> >> >> > further
> >> >> > adds to its innate security. In fact, studies have already proven
> >> >> > that
> >> >> > if you actually measure the number of exploits, per computer
> >> >> > installation (let alone overall!) that any Unix OS based on FreeBSD,
> >> >> > including Mac OS X, has been found to be the MOST secure of any
> >> >> > contemporary OS. There have been complaints that this fact has been
> >> >> > colored by the lower number of users with FreeBSD based computers.
> >> >> > All
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > can say in reply is that these complainers can't read. The way the
> >> >> > study
> >> >> > was conducted has absolutely nothing to do with how many people use
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > OS.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Now, if you want to compare the number of users of an OS with the
> >> >> > number
> >> >> > of exploits then consider this fact:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 1) Windows, used by 90% of computer users, has over 10,000 viruses,
> >> >> > with
> >> >> > more added every week, many of which are famous for crippling entire
> >> >> > corporations.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 2) Mac OS X, currently used by 4% of computer users, has zero (0,
> >> >> > naught, none) viruses. It inherited NO viruses from FreeBSD, which
> >> >> > has
> >> >> > been out in the computer community longer than Windows 95+. It
> >> >> > inherited
> >> >> > NO viruses from NeXTStep / OpenStep, which is nearly two decades
> >> >> > old.
> >> >> > Mac OS X itself is over four years old. If Mac OS X was as insecure
> >> >> > as
> >> >> > Windows it should have a few viruses. To match the rate of virus
> >> >> > attacks
> >> >> > of Windows, Mac OS X should have over 444 viruses. The fact that Mac
> >> >> > OS
> >> >> > X has zero (0) viruses is extremely meaningful. It is also extremely
> >> >> > beneficial, no matter how you look at it.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Result: The Mayor is starting to look like a nut case to me.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Let me also point out that, as usual, Apple is never perfect. It is
> >> >> > common for Mac OS X security flaws to be found. But as soon as they
> >> >> > are,
> >> >> > Apple patches them. Compare that to M$ who have let security flaws
> >> >> > in
> >> >> > Windows languish literally for years. Example: Having to wait for
> >> >> > several years for the release of Windows Vista, which features basic
> >> >> > user account security that has been in Mac OS X since 10.0.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Share and Enjoy your Macintosh experience.
> >> >>
> >> >> And after all of that - 95% of all the operating systems in the
> >> >> World, --
> >> >> are Windows. WINDOWS RULES.
> >> >
> >> > As I've said here before, zero, there's more cockroaches in the world
> >> > than humans, but that doesn't mean they're better or smarter and humans
> >> > should go extinct.
> >> >
> >> > Too bad you've failed at common sense.
> >>
> >> Too bad you sound so much like your alter ego, TM.
> >
> > Gosh, that's a pretty high compliment, thanks. I wish I were that good
> > though. TM knows his stuff, unlike you zero.
> >
> > Oh, and btw, Why don't you tell us what you do. Providing it's a good
> > answer and not snarky, might explain a few things. All we have to go on
> > is your babbling ramblings here and that only tells us you don't know
> > the Mac which in and of itself is no big deal, you might just be
> > otherwise capable. That of course depends on your answer.
>
> My name should have tipped you off by now. That big brain of yours is
> getting slow and fat, just like your body.

You mean "zero". Yeah, that tipped me off to what you are alright.

But in the interest of truth, justice and the American Way, why don't
you just tell us all.

--
Regards,
JP
"The measure of a man is what he will do while
expecting that he will get nothing in return!"
.