NSA Advises Upgrade To Windows 7 377
An anonymous reader writes "In a document available from the NSA (warning, PDF file), that organisation advises users to upgrade to Windows 7 as part of their Best Practice for Securing a Home Network. No mention of BSD or Linux so I guess the Slashdot crowd will just have to bite the bullet and change operating systems if they want to be really secure."
So... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Misleading summary (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I don't wear a tinfoil hat, but.. (Score:4, Funny)
t would be unreasonable to expect Grandma & grandpa who barely know how to turn on a computer to learn Linux...
This is on oft repeated fallacy. And it is a fallacy. There is nothing harder for 'grandma and grandpa' about Linux vs. Windows. Especially if they don't already know Windows. My computer-literate, non-programmer friends who want technical support from me use Linux, and I hardly ever get a call.
Re:So... (Score:5, Funny)
The backdoor in XP only gives them a master algorithm
It's actually a master key. The algorithm is well known, and is publicly available (like your mother).
something else I haven't thought of
Like Microsoft and Intel working together, to add a backdoor at the processor level? You should have thought of that. Hand in your badge, you're not a real nerd.
they [Microsoft] actually care about your security
You're such a dumbass.
...without insulting my mother, my nerd-status, or my intellect
oops
Re:NSA (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Considering who this is talking about, so what? (Score:4, Funny)
Oops sorry. Just read TFA. :\
Now *that* will spoil the Slashdot Experience.
Re:NSA (Score:4, Funny)
The NSA have an excellent guide for securing Linux systems (particularly Redhat, but much is applicable to all distros), so they're hardly Windows-centric.
They also have developed a staple of (a) modern Linux security architecture, namely SELinux.
Do they have one for people who live in the northwest?