[Tfug] oh joy...

[Harry McGregor]

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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