Windows

Claims made of a major vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows operating system have been refuted.

Jan Fry, head of PCI at ProCheckUp Labs, claimed that the findings by 2X Software, revealed exclusively by SC Magazine yesterday, were a 'little sensationalist'. Yesterday, 2X Software said that with a simple piece of code, an operating system from Windows 7/Server 2008 versions to Windows 2000/Server 2003 could be crashed with malicious applications installed.

Jack Wallen takes a challenge head on with his post on questions you need to ask before moving to Linux.

I love Linux myself, but that does not mean that I have migrated all my systems. I run several systems on Linux, and I have clients doing the same. Still I find it useful to run Windows on many occasions, and more importantly, I have a few situations where I have no choice but running Windows.

One such situation is a booking platform for one of my customers. The platform itself is developed using Java, and is remotely hosted. The platform developer has not bothered to port the solution to Linux (or anything else, for that matter), even considering it should be an easy task. Of course, most of their customers are not aware that there are alternatives to Windows, but this very client would actually prefer to run their workstations on Linux. (Yes, I know we could use Wine etc, that is not an alternative atm).

For this very customer, Linux would be a great choice because it would enable us to harden the system in order to stop users messing about and installing malware etc. But, due to the booking system, their computers will keep running Windows XP with full administration rights for every user. Duh.

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