Not very true, there are web hosting companies that live exactly on what you are
describing here.
-- Jonathan
-----Original Message-----
From: Bret Hughes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tue 1/28/2003 10:54 AM
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Subject: Re: u.s. government recognizes Linux as
On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 09:46, gabriel wrote:
> On January 28, 2003 10:38 am, Bret Hughes wrote:
> > I suspect that linux system vulnerabilities don't get the press is that
> > there are not as many of them out there and that the average linux
> > user/admin is WAY more cognizant of what is running on his box and as a
> > result more apt to keep up with the updates. RHN and the like are tools
> > that should help keep systems updated and massive attacks like this on
> > the linux platform to a minimum.
>
> one might also consider the lack of good firewalling in a lot of office
> networks. users often think that since they're behind this magical
firewall,
> they don't need to update their software. but since these firewalls are all
> too often built allowing internal machines unhindered access to the world
> (rather than filtering what gets forwared BOTH ways) stuff like this more
> possible.
>
A very good point. how many machines need to be able to access a sql
server outside the corporate network anyway? My guess is very few.
Bret
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