From: "Adam Flinton" 

Oddly I find it easier because of the things mentioned in the MS pro UNIX
Hotmail report i.e. mostly only starting stuff/loading stuff which you
need. I accept that a newbie will just go "oh yes I need a password
free ftp server set to serve every dir from / down....".

That & the fact that sshd comes with every distrib.

Adam





"Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
news:3de56230$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Thanks Adam
>
> A couple of good articles.
>
> For me personally a Linux box would not be as secure as a Windows Box at
the
> current time. Simply because I don't know Linux well enough to secure it.
> Once I know more it should be a different story.
>
>
> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
> news:3de54bc0$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TOE20021121S0001
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
> > "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
> > news:3de4ff14$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > Nothing like a careful well reasoned response like 'You're full of
shit'
> > to
> > > counter someone's opinion and win converts to the Linux cause.
> > >
> > > Do you have a source for the quote ?
> > >
> > > Bob Lewis
> > >
> > >
> > > "Joe Barr"  wrote in message
> > > news:3de4eb4c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > >
> > > > You're full of shit.
> > > >
> > > > Now that is OK, it's your right to be so fucking g
> > > > stupid that you believe Windows more secure than
anything.  But I am
> > > > certainly going to call you on it when you post outright lies.
> > > >
> > > > Read this slowly.  It is quoting CERT re this FUD:
> > > >
> > > > "CERT believes Aberdeen drew too much from its numbers. The
> organization
> > > > doesn't draw any conclusions from its advisories on the
vulnerability
> of
> > > > open-source software vs. Microsoft or any other seller of
proprietary
> > > > applications. Instead of comparisons, the group focuses on
identifying
> > and
> > > > studying security problems it considers most serious
based on CERT's
> own
> > > > metrics. That covers about 20 percent of all known
vulnerabilities,
> said
> > > > Shawn Hernan, senior member of the CERT technical staff..."
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 09:19:24 +0000, Ronnie T. Mungo, Boy Genius
wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > By the way, Peter, it should be pointed out that
it is according
to
> > > > > CERT, not the Aberdeen Group. They merely
summarized the CERT
data.
> > > > >
> > > > > RTM, BG
> > > > > "Peter Sawatzki"
 wrote in message
> > > > > news:MPG.184e18ccf20df5299896c7{at}news.barkto.com...
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27428
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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