if you think no-one uses Windows web servers then you are wrong, very wrong. It would seem you also think that Windows is not locked down by default, that may have been true once upon a time, but is no longer the case and hasn't been for many years.Certainly since Windows Server 2008, you must specifically choose which roles to install, everything is not installed by default, the firewall is also installed and enabled by default with only the basic required services allowed through and networking is also disabled.
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 5:52 PM, Dave Watts <dwa...@figleaf.com> wrote: > > > sure something may break by being locked down, but as I said earlier, you > > have 2 choices.. > > > > 1. out of the box install, not secure, but your site works just fine.. > So > > nothing to learn unless you choose to. User continues in blissful > ignorance. > > 2. out of the box, locked down and secure, but site may break, so you > have > > to learn something about CF security to get it working. Learning is > > required and not optional, user has now learnt something new and has a > > secure system. > > > > surely this is a no brainier. > > This explains why absolutely no one uses Windows web servers. After > all, that's how Unix web servers always worked, pretty much. You had > to know what you were doing to get them working. I can see now why > Windows never got any market share. > > (note: this is not an endorsement of one or the other, just an observation) > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > 1-202-527-9569 > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:358193 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
