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Linux vs Windows a real life comparison
_kill__bill:
IGNORING ALL PREVIOUS POSTS
Windows has inbuilt design flaws for a reason: the OS tries to be backward-compatible to DOS 6.0. Not a good excuse. DOS was a massive rush job, and no amount of upgrading will fix that. But on top of that, they insist on violating both standards and common sense, and do almost nothing against virii, worms and spam. (OpenBSD has pf, spamd and W|X to handle that)
If Microshit actually cared about security, they would redesign the OS from scratch, rewrite most of the emulation support to eliminate most I/O problems, and include a good firewall, a virus scanner, and a good spamblocker, just like they include IE and Outlook.
Speaking of Outlook, I set it to block all foreign TLDs, all foreign charsets, and all addresses not in my whitelist AND I'M STILL GETTING 15 SPAMS AN HOUR!!!! WTHFSEFFREFQW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Although I don't have any GNU/Linux experience, I use OpenBSD, which is a lot less user-friendly, and is functionally about the same. Give or take. I use XP only for games (I need my Halo, even if its owned by the enemy), music (OpenBSD's SW Synth sucks), and email (PeoplePC is gay and only works on Winshit, apparently. I called and asked, and I think they put me on speakerphone so the whole company could laugh at me :fu: :mad: :o :nothappy: :( )
H_TeXMeX_H:
--- Quote from: toadlife ---A firewall is a device or software that processes and takes action on IP packets after checking them against a list of rules.
And I can testify that you are one of the most ignorant, fanboiish people (that's saying a lot) on this forum...at least that's what your posts have indicated.:thumbup:
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Well ... that may be your opinion of me ... at least I never flamed anyone ... unlike you ... what you think of me is beside the point ...
Here is a wiki on firewalls ... I'm pretty sure that not only does Winblow$ firewall not fit into any of the firewall criteria ... it also does a very bad job at it. Both Norton and McAfee found worms on my computer that Winblow$ firewall missed ... how do you explain that ? ... I know what you will say ... that I didn't configure it properly ... well, you know, maybe it should come with a long and complicated manual that I should waste my time reading just to begin to learn how to use the user-friendly piece of shit called M$ Winblow$ firewall. Not to mention that the firewall can be disabled by hackers remotely with relative ease :D
piratePenguin:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Firewall
H_TeXMeX_H:
Ahhhh ... here is a nice video I found some time ago ... I posted it in another post here ... it fits better here though (Google video) (I apologize for the low quality ... it ain't my video ... it's more readable if you download it ... there is a download button in the upper right corner)
How to cheat the perfect Winblow$ "firewall"
Backdoor ?
it is clear that Winblow$ firewall is pretty much worthless security wise.
Orethrius:
[offtopic]What the hell codec do they use over at GV, anyway? I ran the initial file through a text editor, it's a simple redirect; I ran the video file past a hex editor, and the first thing I saw that looked familiar was "RIFF" followed by "Divx" at some point near the beginning. However, my media players refused to identify it as Divx. Weirdness.[/offtopic]
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