Drew, Bravo! Very well said. Both *nix and Winbloze systems all have services turned on by default, when it's installed. IE- ftp, nis, isa, www, tftp, terminal, etc. These services all have corresponding ports that are listening on the box. If services aren't being used their should be no good reason to leave them turned on. Poorly configured/administered servers are the reason for vulnerabilities, not because one is "just" better. My $.02. -Scott "Drew Simonis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Udo Konstantin wrote: > > > > Please can you more specify > > A unix system is more secure than a Wxx system. > > So you need to configure your linux box for an nsecure connect. > > > > I know its off topic, but I hate such narrow minded comments... > If you have ever installed any *ix system, you'd be darn well > aware that the thing is w i d e open. There is almost > no security there. It has to be added and maintained. Win32 > systems are similar. Very trusting and friendly until they are > properly taken care of. Is *ix inherently more secure? no way. > > I challenge anyone to make a valid, non-ideological based > comparison of a base Win32 and a base Liux install. If Linux > were so damned secure in its current state, I woulnd't see IDS > logs filling up with folks scanning for obvious Linux vulns, now > would I? Bottom dollar is, without proper administration, both > Win32 and *ix suck big time. With proper care and feeding, they > can both become releatively secure. > > _________________________________ > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
