Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-26 Thread Benjamin Falloon
Amen. - Original Message - From: "Jeremy Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 7:03 AM Subject: RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > It is not reasonably difficult to se

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-26 Thread Costas Piliotis
not like a virus has never been written for *nix, or a worm, or a DoS attack, or bad code. It's a way of life in IT. -Original Message- From: Toby Tremayne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 10:02 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Check out what Gartner is rec

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-26 Thread Jeffry Houser
At 11:15 AM 09/26/2001 -0400, you wrote: > >>the Microsoft people are FAR FAR MORE intelligent than these Open Source >chaps and chapesses. > >Microsoft only has so many developers when the open source world pulls from >unlimited numbers of developers all with there own backgrounds and >experience

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-26 Thread Neil Clark
You saying its hard to get a MS Cert :-) I agree that for workstations Linux do seem a good choice - but lets be fair a nice little Server farm of NT or Unix cant b beat and lets be fair - Linus has an awful haircut ~~ Get the mailserver that po

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-26 Thread Richard Kuryk
operly. > -Original Message- > From: Neil Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 9:41 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > > > Replace IIS with whatever you want - but you have

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-26 Thread Neil Clark
Replace IIS with whatever you want - but you have to see it this way - if something goes tits-up; Microsoft will and can help - the Apache group will simply lull in its little "oh we hate Microsoft world" On a side note I really wish people would stop coming down on Microsoft (and no I am not

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-26 Thread Rey Bango
Larry, I replied directly to you because we were asked to move this to cf-community. Rey... - Original Message - From: "Larry W. Virden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 8:44 AM Subject: Re: Check

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-26 Thread Larry W. Virden
from: Costas Piliotis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You know it's funny though. A quick search at www.securiteam.com shows that > Apache and iPlanet have many vulnerabilities as well. Think perhaps that > the research is simply political? Hackers seem to actually target IIS boxes > likely for their ha

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-26 Thread Larry W. Virden
from: "Rey Bango" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Replacing every IIS box makes absolutely no business sense and the cost > would be astronomical. Depends on whether it is replaced with a free open source alternative like AOLServer or Apache or with it is replaced with a commercial alternative. -- Never

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Toby Tremayne
more > than anything else and its counter productive to the development community > if MSs own software 'features and flaws' starts interfering with our work in > other way then just security (as the flash example shows). > > Benjamin > > > > - Original Message - &g

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! - IIS6 features

2001-09-25 Thread Andrew Scott
Sandbox security for FTP, man about time:-) Regards, Andrew Scott -Original Message- From: Jon Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 26 September 2001 8:00 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! - IIS6 features I got this in a

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Andrew Scott
windows becomes flavour of the month! Regards, Andrew Scott -Original Message- From: Benjamin Falloon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 26 September 2001 5:42 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! Maybe a little OT, but my 2c. I wou

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Benjamin Falloon
From: "Rey Bango" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 6:45 AM Subject: Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > > My point is that you would have less exposure to risk running alternati

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Paris Lundis
he present] [connecting people, places and things] -Original Message- From: "Benjamin Falloon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 11:59:19 +1000 Subject: Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > I've resent this email because it didn't

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Benjamin Falloon
ity (as the flash example shows). Benjamin - Original Message - From: "Rey Bango" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 6:45 AM Subject: Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > &g

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Nick Texidor
I'll move this over to CF-Community and reply On Wed, 26 Sep 2001 11:35, you wrote: > They were responsible for putting the Internet in the homes, which created > a large number of jobs. > > At 07:43 AM 9/26/2001 +1000, you wrote: > > > Look at all the good they have done. > > > >And what wo

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Nick McClure
They were responsible for putting the Internet in the homes, which created a large number of jobs. At 07:43 AM 9/26/2001 +1000, you wrote: > > Look at all the good they have done. > >And what would that be? You listed all the things that they are already >noted before? > >What good have they d

Re: Check list for securing IIS (WAS RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!)

2001-09-25 Thread Nick Bourgeois
> Anyone know of a check list for securing IIS 5.0 in conjunction with CF > 5.0? Check this out: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/itsolutio ns/security/tools/iis5chk.asp HTH, Nick Bourgeois [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~ Ge

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Jim McAtee
ity and server issues minimally. It's doable, but far from optimal. Jim - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 3:31 PM Subject: Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! &g

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Dave Watts
> ... do you really believe that IIS is as secure as apache etc? No, I don't believe it is. The biggest security flaw with IIS (one that can't be patched or fixed in the current releases, I don't think) is that it runs within the SYSTEM security context - which is essentially equivalent to runnin

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Rey Bango
Thanks dude! :o) Rey... - Original Message - From: "Braver, Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 7:20 PM Subject: RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > OK, sorry >

Check list for securing IIS (WAS RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!)

2001-09-25 Thread Michael Wilson
Anyone know of a check list for securing IIS 5.0 in conjunction with CF 5.0? I think I remember seeing one for 4.0 some time back, but can't find a link. I am not totally sure of everything I CAN "turn off" or what measures I can take beyond keeping up with the constant flow of "security patches".

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Braver, Ben
OK, sorry Gee, folks - would you please consider moving this to cf-community? Thanks. -Ben -Original Message- From: Rey Bango [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 4:04 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > PLEASE M

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Rey Bango
; To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > > > > > Look at all the good they have done. > > > > And what would that be? You listed all the things that they are already > > note

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Rey Bango
Yeah, I noticed. hehe. ;o) Rey... - Original Message - From: "Billy Cravens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 5:58 PM Subject: RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > Hahah.

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Braver, Ben
PLEASE MOVE THIS THREAD TO CF-COMMUNITY ! -Original Message- From: Rey Bango [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 3:00 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > > Look at all the good they have done. > > An

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Chris Martinez
blah, blah, blah. I'm simply offering an opinion as to why IIS seems to have a big ass target painted on it. Perhaps Just call me Flamebait. -Original Message- From: Rey Bango [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 4:33 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Check out wh

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread corrigan
Any tips? Respectfully, Michael - Original Message - From: "Tony Gruen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 3:43 PM Subject: RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > It comes down to responsible

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Rey Bango
> > Look at all the good they have done. > > And what would that be? You listed all the things that they are already > noted before? > Nick, He was being sarcastic. Rey... ~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Koo Pai Lao
Here's the bottom line. microsoft product rules. but microsoft sucks. not the other way around >From: "Rey Bango" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Check out what Gartner is recommendin

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Billy Cravens
Hahah.. Too late --- Billy Cravens Web Development, EDS [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Rey Bango [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 4:33 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! Chris, We're not ta

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! - IIS6 features

2001-09-25 Thread Jon Hall
I got this in a newsletter today...He says IIS6 may be out by 1Q 2002. IIS 6.0 is a complete paradigm shift; it provides an infrastructure that installs security hotfixes by default. IIS 6.0 also lets you download hotfixes and apply them automatically as they become available. IIS 6.0 includes t

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Matthew W Jones
All I can tell is that this discussion isn't about coldfusion. Please move it to CF Community -Original Message- From: Rey Bango [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 4:33 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Billy Cravens
Original Message - From: "Billy Cravens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 6:43 AM Subject: RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > At this point, this is probably true. > >

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Rey Bango
CTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 5:14 PM Subject: Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > > For fun, the next time someone mentions worms and IIS, and how *Nix is > > the best alternative, say three words: "UNIX. Morris. Worm." &g

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Rey Bango
s grave indeed - obviously). - Original Message - From: "Benjamin Falloon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 4:59 PM Subject: Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > Lots of good point

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Nick Texidor
> Look at all the good they have done. And what would that be? You listed all the things that they are already noted before? What good have they done? And please don't say Windows... because that idea just came from somewhere else!!! It was those said 'shady business practices' that got

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Rey Bango
is better than..." thread. Rey... - Original Message - From: "Chris Martinez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 4:53 PM Subject: RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > Benjami

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Billy Cravens
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 3:54 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! Benjamin that is one of the best analogies I've heard. But back to what Costas was saying. Why has Microsoft become such a target? Sure they release

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Benjamin Falloon
PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 6:43 AM Subject: RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > At this point, this is probably true. > > The security landscape changes with time, and as professionals, we must &g

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Rey Bango
inistration. We have watched this come and still going on without incident and several IIS servers." Rey Bango,..,, - Original Message - From: "Paul Sizemore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 4

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Jeremy Allen
these kind of bugs from being proliferated. :-D Thanks Jeremy Allen elliptIQ Inc. -Original Message- From: Tony Gruen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 4:44 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! It comes down to

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Nick McClure
The problem is not IIS its self. I have IIS servers that I didn't install any patches on and they did not get hit. They were attacked, but nothing went through. You have to make sure to take every security precaution. Make sure your web root is not stored on the same hard drive as your OS. Re

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Benjamin Falloon
d - obviously). - Original Message - From: "Rey Bango" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 6:22 AM Subject: Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > Thanks for the feedback bud but

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Chris Martinez
from other companies. But why all the hate? Look at all the good they have done. -Original Message- From: Benjamin Falloon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 3:32 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! Sure, I'm not s

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Rey Bango
celebate! hehe. Thanks for the opinions, bud. Rey... > > Benjamin > > > - Original Message - > From: "Costas Piliotis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 6:19 AM > Subject

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Dave Watts
> Maybe a little OT, but my 2c. > > ... > > I'm not a 'server' admin (by title) but I can thank MS for > this. If they released a tighter web server with less > vulnerabilities maybe there would be fewer viruses/hacks > that could penetrate. People shouldn't need to have to > patch every week

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Billy Cravens
w *Nix is the best alternative, say three words: "UNIX. Morris. Worm." --- Billy Cravens Web Development, EDS [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Benjamin Falloon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 3:32 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Check out what G

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Billy Cravens
w *Nix is the best alternative, say three words: "UNIX. Morris. Worm." --- Billy Cravens Web Development, EDS [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Benjamin Falloon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 3:32 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Check out what G

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Tony Gruen
It comes down to responsible administration. We have watched this come and still going on without incident and several IIS servers. Tony Gruen sfnetworks ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionaut

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Paul Sizemore
ose features on some of our servers. -Original Message- From: Rey Bango [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 1:59 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! Paul, Rejoicing for a more secure product is certainly understandable but G

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Rey Bango
]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 3:42 PM Subject: Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > Maybe a little OT, but my 2c. > > I wouldn't call that stupid at all. > Consider all of the attacks aimed squarely

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Rey Bango
My sentiments exactly, Costas. Rey Bango... - Original Message - From: "Costas Piliotis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 4:19 PM Subject: RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Benjamin Falloon
k running alternatives because they aren't a massive target like IIS is. Benjamin - Original Message - From: "Costas Piliotis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 6:19 AM Subject: RE: Check out what Gar

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Costas Piliotis
bject: Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! Maybe a little OT, but my 2c. I wouldn't call that stupid at all. Consider all of the attacks aimed squarely at IIS in the past few months. It's only going to increase. I've had personal experience with being hacked. I run

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Benjamin Falloon
Maybe a little OT, but my 2c. I wouldn't call that stupid at all. Consider all of the attacks aimed squarely at IIS in the past few months. It's only going to increase. I've had personal experience with being hacked. I run 2 internal IIS development boxes for CF and an internal hack replaced *ALL

Re: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Rey Bango
ot;Paul Sizemore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 2:00 PM Subject: RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS! > When I read this from Gartner I rejoiced; check out how MS is responding @ > http://www

RE: Check out what Gartner is recommending. Drop IIS!

2001-09-25 Thread Paul Sizemore
When I read this from Gartner I rejoiced; check out how MS is responding @ http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/21869.html Paul Sizemore Finish Line 3308 N Mitthoeffer Rd Indianapolis, IN 46235 W: 317-899-1022 ext 3516 -Original Message- From: Rey Bango [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] S