
Posted on Saturday, April 15 2006 @ 10:29 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
ZD Net explains with two images why Linux with Apache is more secure than Windows Server with ISS:
Many millions of words have been written and said on this topic. I have a couple of pictures. The basic argument goes like this. In its long evolution, Windows has grown so complicated that it is harder to secure. Well these images make the point very well. Both images are a complete map of the system calls that occur when a web server serves up a single page of html with a single picture. The same page and picture. A system call is an opportunity to address memory..
You can check it out over
here.