RE: OT: O'Reilly Drops Software Development Division

2001-03-08 Thread Bud
On 3/8/01, Dave Watts penned: >Also, just because more IIS vulnerabilities are publicly known, doesn't mean >that IIS is inherently less secure than WebSite. There are simply fewer >people poking into WebSite looking for vulnerabilities, since there are >fewer people using WebSite. Kind of like w

RE: OT: O'Reilly Drops Software Development Division

2001-03-08 Thread Philip Arnold - ASP
> Now, I like WebSite, but this isn't really a fair criticism. IIS > vulnerabilities typically only affect you when you haven't properly set it > up in the first place. For example, lots of them depend on ISAPI mappings > that no one is using. If they're not being used, they shouldn't be left in >

RE: OT: O'Reilly Drops Software Development Division

2001-03-08 Thread Dave Watts
> > Sounds like I should cancel my order for WSP 3 and migrate to IIS > > while I still only have 100 or so sites to switch. > > And then spend 3 hours a week making sure you have the latest > vulnerabilities patched... Now, I like WebSite, but this isn't really a fair criticism. IIS vulnerabil

RE: OT: O'Reilly Drops Software Development Division

2001-03-08 Thread Bud
On 3/8/01, Philip Arnold - ASP penned: >And then spend 3 hours a week making sure you have the latest vunerabilities >patched... > >Oh, and have to re-buy all of your certificates > >And have to retrain all of your web-admins who use the WSP interface Yeah, I get your point. I really like Website

RE: OT: O'Reilly Drops Software Development Division

2001-03-08 Thread Philip Arnold - ASP
> >Oh, and have to re-buy all of your certificates > > You can migrate a Verisign cert for $100. Yeah, but it's still re-buying - a Thawte Cert only costs $100 to begin with... Philip Arnold Director Certified ColdFusion Developer ASP Multimedia Limited T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133 "Websites for the

RE: OT: O'Reilly Drops Software Development Division

2001-03-08 Thread Cary Gordon
You can migrate a Verisign cert for $100. Cary At 02:55 PM 3/8/2001 +, you wrote: >Oh, and have to re-buy all of your certificates Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book a

RE: OT: O'Reilly Drops Software Development Division

2001-03-08 Thread Philip Arnold - ASP
> Sounds like I should cancel my order for WSP 3 and migrate to IIS > while I still only have 100 or so sites to switch. And then spend 3 hours a week making sure you have the latest vunerabilities patched... Oh, and have to re-buy all of your certificates And have to retrain all of your web-ad

RE: OT: O'Reilly Drops Software Development Division

2001-03-08 Thread Bud
On 3/8/01, Philip Arnold - ASP penned: >Taking this seriously (even though it's not) - they wouldn't as there >currently is no support in ClusterCats for WSP, so if they did buy the >product then they'd have to include it... Sounds like I should cancel my order for WSP 3 and migrate to IIS while

RE: OT: O'Reilly Drops Software Development Division

2001-03-08 Thread Philip Arnold - ASP
> >Thought I would post a link to this news as many ColdFusion > >developers are devoted WebSite customers. > > > >http://software.oreilly.com/news.cfm?ID_News=200 > > Bummer. They're looking for a buyer. Maybe Macrollaire will pick > them up. :-D Taking this seriously (even though it's not) - th

Re: OT: O'Reilly Drops Software Development Division

2001-03-08 Thread Bud
On 3/7/01, Benjamin S. Rogers penned: >Thought I would post a link to this news as many ColdFusion developers are >devoted WebSite customers. > >http://software.oreilly.com/news.cfm?ID_News=200 Bummer. They're looking for a buyer. Maybe Macrollaire will pick them up. :-D -- Bud Schneehagen - Tr