Is there such thing as an impenetrable OS?

Is there such thing as an impenetrable OS?

Is there any operating system except Sun Microsystems' Trusted Solaris that guarantees that you cannot get a virus or Trojan horse, or is defaced and/or injected as a Web server with a worm?

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Not that I'm aware of. There's OpenBSD, and NetWare is pretty darn solid, but I certainly wouldn't put my money on any that claim to be 100% secure.

This was first published in August 2004

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