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Admins say Linux Much More Secure than Windows

Posted by Zonk on from the not-a-lot-of-surprises-here dept.

Golygydd Max writes "Linux is more secure than Windows. It's something that we've all heard before; however, this is not the opinion of yet another consultant but the opinion of sysadmins themselves. A survey of 6,000 IT staff by BZ Research, reported by Techworld, has found that 74 percent considered Linux secure or very secure, as opposed to 58 percent who found Windows to be insecure."

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  1. Re:On the other hand... by BoomerSooner · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I have to disagree. MS is a lot easier for me to keep up to date. I prefer linux but having both systems rooted in my younger days linux (depending on your distro and installed packages) is a bit more work to stay on top of.

    That being said Linux is significantly more secure in my opinion. Which is why I lock down my MS based servers behind Linux based firewalls.