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47 Apache on Linux vs IIS on Windows

Monday 5th February, 2007

A graphic illustration of why Windows is less secure than Linux. You know that old saying: "A picture is worth a thousand words"? Well here are two pictures! 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.

This first image shows the system calls that occur on a Linux server running Apache.

The system calls that occur on a Linux server running Apache

 

And this second image shows the system calls that occur on a Windows server running IIS.

The system calls that occur on a Windows server running IIS

 

It's kind of self-explanatory, but there is a little more detail (including larger pictures) on the originating site.

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