I agree that if all IIS users switch to Apache we'd be no better off than
now. What this report is suggesting is that businesses should spread the
risk by considering other web servers. If 80% of the web is run on 1 type of
server, no wonder it falls over if you sneeze too hard.
What this story does NOT highlight, is the fact that all the most recent
worms/viruses etc have been so damaging due to the lack of patching of
servers.....in some cases patches that have been out for over a year. If MS
can get an automated patching system that makes patching easier and safer
then the dangers might not be so bad.
BTW, there is a follow up story on The Register:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/21869.html
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, 25 September 2001 17:42
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: IIS check this out
Wow, that's pretty harsh. However, don't you think if everyone ditched IIS
and moved to something else like Apache, then the bad guys would just start
targeting Apache. If your goal is to bring sites down, then you get the
most bang for you buck by targeting IIS. Along the same lines, most viruses
target PCs and not MACs. After the Nimda virus someone on one of the lists
I'm on suggested that Nimda was another example of why people should switch
to MACs. Sorry, it will be a cold day in Osama's soon to be new home before
I do that. ;-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Luke Brumbaugh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 7:47 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT:IIS check this out
This looks pretty bad for the home team.
As of resent events, I have been working over.
Unfortunately I am salary, if I was hourly, I would probably
be in a significantly higher tax bracket.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/21853.html
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