What I have seen happen a lot is people switch to Linux because they hate windows. Everything is up and running fine for them but they do not invest the proper time to learn how to maintain the box to keep aware of security patches. Now you have an OS with multiple services from multiple open source projects and anyone of those can end up having a security exploit that some 12 year old will use to "own" the box and the admin may never even know the kid is in there. Windows certainly gets more than its fair share of exploits but it just seems like with the typical weekend sysadmin that the process to alert people of exploits and fixes for them is much better in the windows world.
On 5/9/06, Snake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Cozz were not mad enough to want to learn how to use Linux :-) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Munson, Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 09 May 2006 15:27 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Big SQL security hole at Crystaltech? > > > The good thing about CF is that as a J2EE app, code works (for the > > most part) on Linux and on Windows. The bad thing about this > > portability is that the same security holes are just as portable; a CF > > server with JSP enabled and no sandboxing is as bad on Windows as on > > Linux. The DB may be less of a hassle, but I know zip about MSSQL so I > > can't say. > > Yeah, I'm on shared hosting at HostMySite, and they're using sandboxing. > > > I really am perplexed as to why the majority of CF users use Windows/MSSQL > (at least from what I've seen). You'd think with such a strong affinity > for > MS products, they'd be using ASP.Net as well, but that's not the case. I > know, I know, CF is a LOT better than ASP.Net, but I could say the same > thing about Oracle/DB2/MySQL vs. MSSQL, but that doesn't change anything. > <shrug> > > > ----------------- > > This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential > and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any > reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this > transmission > in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material > in > its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. A1. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:239915 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
