[Tfug] oh joy...

[Anthony Hess]

Some good points Harry - it also speaks to the dangers in using a
homogeneous environment across your server and desktop platforms (which of
course can have advantages as well).

Tony

On 9/15/02 4:14 PM, "Harry  McGregor" <micros@azstarnet.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Sep 2002 bigj@flatwan.net wrote:
> 
>> Well of course more machines were infected with Code Red (tm). Windows is
>> the predominant OS.
> 
> Myself, the only blame I give Microsoft for Code Red is the way they have
> presented Windows as a server platform that even an Idiot can Run...
> 
> Finding a "GOOD" Microsoft server admin is not easy, especially with the
> number of paper MCSEs I have seen...
> 
> It is starting to get harder to find a good admin in the Linux and Unix
> world, but normally a person who states Unix and Linux experince on a
> resume actually has real world experince...
> 
> I blame most of Code Red on braindead Microsoft Network Admins, and on
> patches being overwritten by older patches (install software, reinstall
> spX, and you are back to an unpatched server, since the hotfix to fix the
> problem came out after spX came out...)
> 
>> The point really is not whether you run Linux or Windows (never has for me
>> anyways). Either of these OS's can be a security threat.
> 
> An insecure Unix or Linux system on a dedicated connection is probably
> more harm than an insecure microsoft system, as an attacker can do more
> with it, once they are into it.
> 
> Harry
> 
>> No I'm not starting an OS war. There is enough conflict in the world that
>> is more important than whether this OS is better than that OS.
>> Jon
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