I agree with Howard. 80 percent of my time is spent working on a PC with CF. I moved
to PC because the base was so large and that was where the work is. I like working
with CF, an
until MAC starts using ODBC I will continue to work with MS OS.
But the idea of JDBC brings Oracle right back into the picture and I also think some
main frames by IBM.
KM
"Owens, Howard" wrote:
> While I agree with David that NT can be, when configured properly, a highly
> secure server. I must disagree with his assessment that current Mac servers
> have their own "gross security holes."
>
> >From a security standpoint, the Mac OS is the most secure OS there is.
> That's been proven time and time again. And it's not a matter of not enough
> hackers going after the Mac to find exploits. There is, in fact, a rather
> significant mac-focused hacker/cracker community. There are all kinds of
> exploits easily obtainable on the Net for third-party software that run on
> Mac servers and Mac desktops. There are not, however, any exploits (at
> least none that I've ever found or read about) that attack the Mac OS itself
> (or any Apply supplied component).
>
> Of course, OS X could be a completely different story.
>
> The main problem with the current MacOS, as I see it, is that as a server
> platform, it just can't compare with NT or Unix for database tools. The
> available databases just can't compare to even Access, let alone SQL Server,
> Oracle, et al. (Oracle used to produce an RDMS for Mac, but that has been
> out of production for at least 2 years.) FileMaker and Lasso just can't
> compare to Access and Cold Fusion. That's why I made the switch.
>
> Now, a combination of OS X and Web Objects could greatly enhance Apple's
> standing in the Web/database enabled serving end of the industry. The big
> question, still, is, will OS X be as secure as previous Mac OSes? If it is,
> from a purely technological standpoint, the platform would be a major
> player. Whether it could grab enough marketshare to be a factor is another
> thing. But the software/hardware combination will be hard to beat (based on
> Apple's current track record).
>
> Cold Fusion programmers should take note.
>
> H.
>
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> Howard Owens
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 10:23 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: Will the last person leaving Cold Fusion please turn out
> > the lights?
> >
> > > 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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