RE: Secure platforms DO matter!

2002-05-10 Thread Bellenger, Bruno \(Paris\)
ministrator > -Original Message- > From: Bellenger, Bruno (Paris) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 1:41 PM > To: ''ActiveState's Perl Win32 Users list' ' > Cc: 'Lee Goddard'; Flowers, Jay; 'Aaron Trevena '

RE: Secure platforms DO matter!

2002-05-07 Thread Lee Goddard
At 13:40 07/05/2002 +0200, Bellenger, Bruno \(Paris\) wrote: >Guys, > >Interesting as it may be, maybe this thread should be moved to a more >appropriate forum ? Agreed! lee ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://l

time to retire this thread was (RE: Secure platforms DO matter!)

2002-05-07 Thread Aaron Trevena
The thread is becoming a nuisence.. 1) Some people prefer to trust adverts to their more experienced peers 2) Some people could go on for ever about how insecure windows is 3) Its not very perl related. > By the numbers: Comparing Windows security to Linux > http://www.techrepublic.com/article.

RE: Secure platforms DO matter!

2002-05-07 Thread Bellenger, Bruno \(Paris\)
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RE: Secure platforms DO matter!

2002-05-07 Thread Martin Moss
Hm You mean Windows Me wasn't just a throw away prototype then? :-) Marty > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Sean Ahern > Sent: Tuesday 07 May 2002 12:30 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE:

RE: Secure platforms DO matter!

2002-05-07 Thread Lee Goddard
At 06:59 07/05/2002 -0400, Flowers, Jay wrote: > Are we talking about Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or IIS *.*. > >Have you all heard anything about win64? Do have any faith that MS is >changing to become a more security aware company? MS is staking its life on >.NET and Win64. They are workin

RE: Secure platforms DO matter!

2002-05-07 Thread Sean Ahern
At 06:59 07/05/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Have you all heard anything about win64? Yes. > Do have any faith that MS is >changing to become a more security aware company? No. I am however sure that MS has become a company which -claims- it is more security aware. But MS has always been guilty

RE: Secure platforms DO matter!

2002-05-07 Thread Aaron Trevena
> Are we talking about Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or IIS *.*. All. So far every release has been vulnerable. Even the patches are sketchy. > Have you all heard anything about win64? Do have any faith that MS is > changing to become a more security aware company? MS is staking > its life on

RE: Secure platforms DO matter!

2002-05-07 Thread Flowers, Jay
5/7/02 4:07 AM Subject: RE: Secure platforms DO matter! > Not really my point. My point is that the system is only secure as the > people who run it. It is my understanding that most vulnerabilities these > days are not caused by bugs in the systems but rather lack of > knowledge/c

RE: Secure platforms DO matter!

2002-05-07 Thread Aaron Trevena
> Not really my point. My point is that the system is only secure as the > people who run it. It is my understanding that most vulnerabilities these > days are not caused by bugs in the systems but rather lack of > knowledge/control of the adminstrators running the systems. The original point w

RE: Secure platforms DO matter!

2002-05-03 Thread Joe Schell
> -Original Message- > Behalf Of Aaron Trevena > > > > Presuming of course that the server is set up to be secure. > All of those > > OSes can have large gaping holes in their security caused both by > > admin user action and inaction. > > If you were to chose a server for your bank to us

Secure platforms DO matter!

2002-05-03 Thread Aaron Trevena
> Presuming of course that the server is set up to be secure. All of those > OSes can have large gaping holes in their security caused both by > admin user action and inaction. If you were to chose a server for your bank to use would you prefer it had 5 to 10 vulnerabilities a year of which 1 or