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have a look:

http://www.softpanorama.org/Solaris/...cutive_Summary

gP

Uh, okay. Can someone explain why the same os on EMT64T hardware is more secure....

You do not have to spend $500 to get an UltraSparc box to compile code on. Ultra 5/10's can be had on eBay for 1/10 that.

I don't know exactly what that author had in mind. He doesn't explain himself very well. But the EMT64T has a MMU that can set a no execute bit on a memory segment. And if the hardware can do that, Solaris can disable execution from the stack. That stops a lot of attacks. But again, I'm not sure what the author had in mind.

The author does have a point that the less well known an operating
system such as Solaris is, the less likely there is for they're to be a
virus or other maliciously coded plague to infect it. The writers of
these programs want to infect the most common operating systems
in use.

I like my old Red Hat 6.2 and Solaris 8 best and have never had a
problem and am reluctant to upgrade, because I think the less common operating systems will have less likely a chance of attack being unknown
to attackers.

Doesn't this line of reason make sense?

I suppose, "What is "security through obscurity"" applies to this thought. But thats really not a secure way to think. But at the same time, I am sure there are not many virii written for AROS (Amiga Research OS) or for Inferno OS as well.