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Federal agencies almost certainly have zero-days against Android, against the Linux kernel, what have you. What's the argument that Windows is inherently more s
by bykovich2 9y ago
Federal agencies almost certainly have zero-days against Android, against the Linux kernel, what have you. What's the argument that Windows is inherently more susceptible to attack? I've heard that the kernel is more sophisticated than Unix-style kernels, so I suppose that perhaps the attack surface is higher -- but I've also never heard anything concrete to that effect.
- partycoder 9y agoYes, they accumulate 0days, that's what they do. The NSA for example defines themselves as a "capabilities based organization", which is synonym for just accumulating ways to breaking into systems, whatever it is... hardware, software, cryptoanalysis... you name it. But the difference is that if a vulnerability was found in Linux, people would quickly get it fixed then get their machines patched for free. Now, this is a Microsoft insider talking about the development process in their kernel: http://blog.zorinaq.com/i-contribute-to-the-windows-kernel-we-are-slower-than-other-oper/ http://blog.zorinaq.com/i-contribute-to-the-windows-kernel-w...