I see lessons in seeing sarcasm are needed
Wil Genovese Sr. Web Application Developer/ Systems Administrator CF Webtools www.cfwebtools.com [email protected] www.trunkful.com On Mar 28, 2014, at 1:02 PM, Russ Michaels <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> 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:358196 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
