Insurer Considers Microsoft NT High-Risk

[David P. Schwartz]

Insurer Considers Microsoft NT High-Risk

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20010529/tc/insurer_considers_microsoft_nt_high-risk_1.html

a brief quote:

> Windows-based servers are frequently victimized by hackers. From August 1999 to November 2000, 56
> percent of all the successful, documented hack attacks occurred on systems using Microsoft server
> software, according to statistics posted at Attrition.org, a Web site that records hackers' exploits.
>
> Given Windows NT's record, Gene Spafford, the director of Purdue University's Center for Education and
> Research in Information Assurance and Security, believes higher insurance premiums may be justified.
> "NT is more difficult to install correctly and keep up to date than Linux (news - web sites)," Spafford said.
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