> The Mac is dead as a server platform? While obviously not as
> popular as NT/2000, Mac servers suffer none of the gross
> security holes that NT/2000 has. Remember that the US Army
> has decided to move towards the Mac web server system for
> those same reasons.
Mac servers don't have the gross security holes that NT/2K have; they have a
completely different set, and if the Mac becomes as popular a server
platform as NT, those holes will get to see the light of day. From a server
standpoint, NT is securable - you can make NT as secure if you know how.
Most of the "gross security holes" are simply sample files or unnecessarily
installed features; following the IIS security process as outlined by
Microsoft, with the addition of a bit of common sense, allows you to secure
your web servers.
The problem with NT isn't really NT itself, it's that NT is so easy to use,
that you can run NT with its default options without knowing much about
what's going on. You can't do that with Unix. Secure NT servers require
competent NT administrators.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
voice: (202) 797-5496
fax: (202) 797-5444
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