Comments on: Microsoft Flaws — Not Adobe Flaws — Responsible for China’s Attack on Google; Microsoft Takes China’s Side, as Usual

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:09:59 +0000

Here is Nicholas Petreley’s excellent report on the subject:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/22/security_report_windows_vs_linux/

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:08:27 +0000

Flaws are a complicated issue but monoculture helps it a lot.

By: Yuhong Bao

Yuhong Bao — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:02:46 +0000

OK, I get that UNIX has an execute permission bit, and that it is indeed a real advantage over Windows that you could point out.

By: Yuhong Bao

Yuhong Bao — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:53:53 +0000

OK, I have read the source, and I know what it is coming from now, and I know the logic behind it. I am thinking of posting it as a comment to the original source too. AFRIK often targeted attacks like this one use multiple exploits.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:49:52 +0000

In UNIX/Linux, execution is very restricted. See the recent flamewar at Fedora.

By: Yuhong Bao

Yuhong Bao — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:45:27 +0000

“(page rendering as malicious execution and the notion of clicking attachments to execute data files)”
Is the latter really a Microsoft flaw? In fact, the former is not really a MS-specific flaw, it is just in this case it happened in MS code, so MS can indeed be blamed.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:44:53 +0000

I didn’t say it was only Google (see yesterday’s post) and IDG says it’s IE/Windows.

By: Yuhong Bao

Yuhong Bao — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:40:49 +0000

“Microsoft Flaws — Not Adobe Flaws”
It is MS AND Adobe flaws, and Google isn’t the only one attacked by China, BTW.