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It falls to deny with difficulty: Microsoft sticks goes with head and shoulders above everybody from as the round the number of safeties leak in software. Or it now goes round the operating system self, the applicaties that it on turns or heavy serversoftware. Almost with the regularity of the bell, it become discovers problems.

Although the number of problems with them less large is then by Microsoft, bring competitive software business also regular patches out. The impact of the safeties problems on the public is often less large. Simply because it make use much less men of that software.

Smear

Hackers appeared abuse also in 2001 turn on turn to make of holes in software. The breaking in on servers that websites baled, appeared a pleased occupation of various computer users to be. As knowledge in July of this year the hackergroep World or a record Slope to establish. The hackers appeared to change in state round world-wide in n minute 679 sites of appearance.

Also in the Netherlands remain not websites protected of the virtual muurkladderaars. As becomes in May a number personal homepages of customers of Sonera changed. Further the website of RADIO538 must it in November ontgelden. A hacker breaks Server in on the and changes the front page. The site of Radio 538 is a time long from the airy.

What does a hacker in websites move to break in and to change these? Is perhaps the boredom, has the hacker a bad youth (had) or is it the only manner contact with the outside world to make? Fact is that a large group hackers this does the owners of the websites it on to point that their systems not totally waterproof are.

Thu-attack

Not only the breaking in on servers a website to smear appeared popular. Also a cracked want to attack to lead appeared abuses with that a Thu-from a pleased occupation. That way computers become abuses to lay a website flat. In September gets a 17-birthday hacker that hides under the name Mafiaboy eight months cell because he before a Thu-attack exported on among many CNN and Amazon.,.

A Thu-attack out to lead, appeared the hackers regular use to make of safeties leak in IIS-serversoftware of Microsoft. This software must want to become this year on turn gepatched. Microsoft brings open in March even a patch for IIS from that the system just to lead a Thu-attack out. Later on the business set this mistake again law.

Cookies that are read can on distance personal data, that are seized and attack the exporting of Thu-. It is only a grip from the list of abuses.

Only just the stealing of personal information comes always fast at at the victims. It is seen as a direct infringement on the freedom. In December become by a break-in by the American bank Fleet personal data of a number of customers seized. Not only credit card numbers, but also addresses and year income of the customers can be seen.

Openness

The safeties problems become discovers sleepiness through professional protections experts. The Finn Jouko Pynnonen is very active order on this. Of its hand its various problems with Microsoft-software at the light come. Someone else known name is George Guninski. This bugjager brings also turn on turn problems at the light.

Except of the professional hunters also the less known users come with problems on the balls. Marc Slemko, a programmer from Seattle, discovered a number of safeties problems in the Passport-system of Microsoft.

The question is or a found problem held still must become until a solution available is, or must the all earlier public made become?

Microsoft means the first. Scott Culp, head of the Microsoft Security Response Center, comes in October at the same time the communication that the community of safeties experts jointly responsible is for various virusuitbraken. Through at the same time but haphazard safeties problems one plays to publish men in the card that of that want to want make. “Pace publish as it a solution is”, as rings the creed of Microsoft.

Linux and Apple

Microsoft lies always heavily under fire. The slightest safeties problems in a Microsoft-product grab to prove' the adversaries at 'their right. With name Linux-adepten, the problems do not see turn prove is good on turn as that the software of Microsoft.

Open-source has according to them the future. Since an open platform are checked can by everybody, can safeties problems more fast solved become, mean as with name Linux-users.

That does do not alter the fact that also in the camp of the alternative software the necessary safeties problems prevent. Also for Linux- and Unix-systems, regular patches come out.

In March this year launches Apple its new operating system Mac OS X that built is around an Unix-core. Connoisseurs warn that the many price operating system for the Mac with the new version now more in the interest stands of hackers and virus writers then earlier versions. In the practice appeared that that 'interest' after the launch turns out better than expected.

Virtual safety

The question is or designed will become it ever hundred per cent safe software. During the Comdex-purse maintains Oracle-senior official Larry Ellison that the protections software of its business not to crack would be.,. In December, this software is cracked really.

That same counts approximately for Microsoft. With the launch of the operating system Windows XP, the software business the `veiligste operating system claims brought' ever on the market to have. Unfortunately for Microsoft appeared in December that there a serious veiligheidslek found is in the operating system. Also under Windows XP, the operating system stands open is for hackers as the agreements with internet. Microsoft comes -how verrassend- with a patch.