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http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=520
Classic: Really secure websites
By ron carlson, Insanely Great Mac
June 6th 2002
OS 9 still has at least one unbeatable advantage -- it can''t be hacked
NewsForge is running a story called ''Security through obsolescence'' in which one
expert touts the advantages using older hardware and software to defeat the legions of
script kiddies and hackers prowling the Internet.
Here''s an exerpt:
Here''s an interesting way to secure an Internet-connected computer against intruders:
Make sure the operating system and software it runs are so old that current hacking
tools won''t work on it. This was suggested by Brian Aker, one of the programmers who
works on Linux.com, NewsForge, Slashdot, and other OSDN sites; he runs several servers
of his own that host a number of small non-profit sites in the Seattle area. "I have
one box still running a version of Solaris that''s so old none of the script kiddies
can figure it out," Brian says. "They tend to focus on the latest and greatest, and
don''t have the slightest idea how to handle my old Sun box."
Brian points out that some of the most secure Department of Defense Web sites -- ones
that don''t make headlines by getting cracked all the time -- run old versions of Mac
OS and the venerable WebSTAR server suite. "[Mac is] a great operating system for that
application," he says. "No scripting or remote capability at all, so there''s no way
for them to get in."
Sounds like a good reason to run OS 9 on Xserve (is it possible?). It also sound likes
another good reason to open source Classic somewhere down the road.
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http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=520
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