Help with a report on Unix and Win 2000

ramius

Hi Everyoone, I am in the middle of writing a report on Unix and Win 2000 and I was wondering if anyone had any input, documents or handy links I ccould use,

The Title is:

Compare And Contrast Win2000 and Unix under the following headings:

Topics System Administratiion
System Monitoring
Networking
Security

Any help would be much appreciated!!

MiCr0

google will sort that quick smart

sisob

on the subject of security there is the obvious point of how quickly potential security threats are found when you have the source code.

a good example is when a piece of software X which had been closed source for years was released with source, a years old security hole was fixed. somone else might remember what piece of software it was.

there should be loads of evidence you can cite about how closed source systems are security nightmares.

if you want a balanced arguement you can also say that if a hacker finds a flaw in the source before an "hounourable citizen" there is a security risk. but personally i think that this isnt a very strong arguement as the hole would be closed before major damage is likely to have occured.

when you have the source code most security problems are likely to be found during beta testing - unlike closed source when the majority of problems are found when your web sever starts professing alegence to the "l33t haxors of the north" ;-)

i could write pages on how much better open source is - pitty my leaving cert english teacher wouldnt accept it as an essay

logic1

Do a quick search for "security through obscurity" it should turn up quite a few topics.

.logic.