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06-25-2007, 10:39 AM
Vista the most secure OS, according to researcher
By Jeremy Reimer | Published: June 24, 2007 - 08:07PM CT
Jeffrey R. Jones, a self-described "security guy" who works at Microsoft's security division, has published his latest report (PDF) comparing the number of fixed and unfixed vulnerabilities of various operating systems, including Windows Vista, Windows XP, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Workstation, Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS, Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, and Mac OS X 10.4.
The report looks at the number of known vulnerabilities (both patched and unpatched) that existed in each operating system six months after it was released. It is a follow-up to Jones' earlier report that looked at the same operating systems three months after each shipped. The numbers show that Windows Vista has the lowest number of vulnerabilities in both the three- and six-month time frames, with Windows XP (somewhat surprisingly) coming in second place. Mac OS X was in third, with the various Linux distributions having significantly more vulnerabilities.
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By Jeremy Reimer | Published: June 24, 2007 - 08:07PM CT
Jeffrey R. Jones, a self-described "security guy" who works at Microsoft's security division, has published his latest report (PDF) comparing the number of fixed and unfixed vulnerabilities of various operating systems, including Windows Vista, Windows XP, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Workstation, Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS, Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, and Mac OS X 10.4.
The report looks at the number of known vulnerabilities (both patched and unpatched) that existed in each operating system six months after it was released. It is a follow-up to Jones' earlier report that looked at the same operating systems three months after each shipped. The numbers show that Windows Vista has the lowest number of vulnerabilities in both the three- and six-month time frames, with Windows XP (somewhat surprisingly) coming in second place. Mac OS X was in third, with the various Linux distributions having significantly more vulnerabilities.
http://media.arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.media/vistavuln1.jpg
http://media.arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.media/vistavuln2.jpg
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