[Tfug] FWD: RUSSELL PAVLICEK: "The Open Source"

[Anthony Hess]

I do think its possible to secure a Windows machine to a great degree - but
its also more work keeping up with it.

Of course no OS is perfect, but the point is that Oses with less known
vulnerabilities than Windows were being out of hand refused from the network
without any kind of real research.

I agree with you one million percent Jim for everything past the first
couple of sentences :)

Tony

On 9/18/02 4:16 PM, "Jim Secan" <jim@nwra-az.com> wrote:

> At 03:40 PM 09/18/02 -0700, you wrote:
>> There is no such thing as security.
> 
> A true statement, but not the point.  It's as possible (I think) to
> minimize security problems on a Windows system (if you know what you're
> doing) as it is on a Linux or *BSD system (again, if you know what you're
> doing).  The issue is that Linux/*BSD is being dismissed out of hand
> because of FUD, not because one or the other OS is inherently more secure.
> Money is wasted, time is wasted, resouces are wasted, etc, based on FUD.  I
> can provide a better solution for this particular user in terms of cost and
> functionality (and portability, and may other -ilities) going with Linux,
> but it's not allowed because some bozo in network security is afraid of the
> boogieman.