Dave:
Any word on the server security class at Figleaf? I have two lined up and
ready to go!
JoAnn A. Schlosser
Senior Consultant
Association Management Software
Grant Thornton LLP
Washington, D. C.
703.837.4428
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 7:38 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Apache 1.3.20 and EAPI requirements? (was: MM strongarms)
> > On the other hand, I don't imagine that there are too many
> > Macromedia customers using Apache on Windows for production sites.
>
> More and more, as the obvious faults and failures of IIS make
> it extremely difficult to provide clients with a stable environment.
To what obvious faults and failures do you refer? I've been using IIS for a
while, and it's been generally stable and reliable.
If you're talking about security issues - worm vulnerabilities and buffer
overflow exploits, for example - the fault generally lies with the person
who installed IIS, and didn't follow IIS installation best practices (which
are strikingly similar to those for installing any accessible network
service - remove and disable features you don't use). It's the system
administrator's job to install network services correctly, not Microsoft's.
While they could certainly make the job easier, that's what system
administrators are supposed to do.
In fact, I think that if you're going to blame Microsoft for anything here,
you should blame them for making systems too easy to administer (in general)
- anyone can call himself an "NT administrator" without knowing very much
except how to blunder through the GUI. Microsoft has definitely screwed up
security from a desktop standpoint, since every desktop user now has to
learn how to avoid getting email viruses (although that's not very difficult
either), but servers are different. You're supposed to know what you're
doing when you install and configure servers - that's why we have
highly-paid server administrators.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
voice: (202) 797-5496
fax: (202) 797-5444
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