> From: Bennett Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> 1999-06-02-16:46:37 Brian Steele:
> > [...] If they're REALLY interested, then I suggest to them,
> take your
> > fingers out, look at the NT-based Firewall products, then
> provide opinions
> > about same.
>
> I'd rather not, myself; it's better to have people running NT in
> security-critical settings, to provide more attractive
> targets and so draw
> attackers away from those of us who care about security.
Just keep telling yourself that. Close your eyes to the real issues. It's
actually people with this attitude that make bad systems.
> > [...] Those who know better know that the security of a
> system is primarily
> > dependent on who's administering that system and how it's
> been implemented,
> > not the OS.
>
> True enough. It's only a happy coinicidence that OS
> preferences are such a
> terrific ruler for quickly measuring an admin's competence.
Exactly. Those who blindly prefer Unix over NT based on FUD and rhetoric
usually aren't worth their salt.
John Wiltshire
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