RE: Is FreeBSD more secure than Windows NT or Windows 2000?

2001-07-23 Thread Aaron Namba
't have a patch available yet... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lamont Granquist Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 4:14 PM To: Sung Nae Cho Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD more secure than Windows NT or Windows 2000? yeah, oka

Re: Is FreeBSD more secure than Windows NT or Windows 2000?

2001-07-21 Thread Greg Black
Sung Nae Cho wrote: | Thank you all for your generous info on encryption. Hmmm, now I don't | know what Microsoft actually meant when they advertised Windows NT, 2000 | was "Truly Secure"! They lied -- as they normally do in the interest of making a sale to an uninformed user. To Unsubscribe:

Re: Is FreeBSD more secure than Windows NT or Windows 2000?

2001-07-21 Thread Bill Moran
Sung Nae Cho wrote: > One thing that makes me uncomfortable with both Linux and FreeBSD is that > unlike Windows NT, both UNIX clones seem to be less secure for a desktop > use. ( ** Note clones doesn't mean it's any less better than UNIX, it just > means, it's not officially considered UNIX by OP

Re: Is FreeBSD more secure than Windows NT or Windows 2000?

2001-07-21 Thread Jonathan Smith
> Thank you all for your generous info on encryption. Hmmm, now I don't > know what Microsoft actually meant when they advertised Windows NT, 2000 > was "Truly Secure"! It meant, believe us in all we say and do! Give us your money because you will believe whatever we say It's all "advertis

Re: Is FreeBSD more secure than Windows NT or Windows 2000?

2001-07-21 Thread Sung Nae Cho
Hi, Thank you all for your generous info on encryption. Hmmm, now I don't know what Microsoft actually meant when they advertised Windows NT, 2000 was "Truly Secure"! Regards, Sung N. Cho, Saturday, July 21, 2001. Dept. of Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. On S

Re: Is FreeBSD more secure than Windows NT or Windows 2000?

2001-07-21 Thread Matt Dillon
:Hi, : :One thing that makes me uncomfortable with both Linux and FreeBSD is that :unlike Windows NT, both UNIX clones seem to be less secure for a desktop :use. ( ** Note clones doesn't mean it's any less better than UNIX, it just :means, it's not officially considered UNIX by OPEN-GROUP ** ) I

Re: Is FreeBSD more secure than Windows NT or Windows 2000?

2001-07-21 Thread Charlie Watts
On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Sung Nae Cho wrote: > Windows NT is very secure in that matter. Simply reinstalling Windows > NT will not let you read someone else's file. Also, it won't let you > reinstall Windows NT without verifying that you're the right > administrator! During the reinstall, it asks

Re: Is FreeBSD more secure than Windows NT or Windows 2000?

2001-07-21 Thread Alson van der Meulen
On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 03:45:05PM -0400, Sung Nae Cho wrote: > Hi, > > One thing that makes me uncomfortable with both Linux and FreeBSD is that > unlike Windows NT, both UNIX clones seem to be less secure for a desktop > use. ( ** Note clones doesn't mean it's any less better than UNIX, it just

Is FreeBSD more secure than Windows NT or Windows 2000?

2001-07-21 Thread Sung Nae Cho
Hi, One thing that makes me uncomfortable with both Linux and FreeBSD is that unlike Windows NT, both UNIX clones seem to be less secure for a desktop use. ( ** Note clones doesn't mean it's any less better than UNIX, it just means, it's not officially considered UNIX by OPEN-GROUP ** ) I've use