Salutation for gurus! For me, as a newbie in Linux and almost in Internet security it was a strange article. I'm started seriously with Linux in passed year, with help an experienced Linux user (may be guru) setup 3 firewalls on, one for myself, one for friend and third at one of my customers - they working verywell on different boxes. My next problem is how to detect attaks, and what kind of maintenance need for them, not clear for this moment. After this strange seem like truly "help" article. But what the guru's are doing? - nothing, no arguments they "smile", nice. Some part of these article I can realise that is not correct. Bugs in the kernel - what kind? About Windows we know many of them, pathces are hidden (specially for security) in some applications such as Explorer. I'm quite experienced Windows user, what about printing spooler? - I do not see good one starting from WfW to W2K. How to be wake up at 2 o'clock on night because your system stuck and refuse to print through tha LAN? - nothing to do but restart the system (not the client but the server). What about the NETDDE which is working well for hours after generate a GPF on NETDDE.EXE? I can make a long list of these problems, never handled and solved. Strange fact but the best communication (mean fastest and most reliable) on LAN in Windows is the TCP/IP - it's native to Windows? How many time you need to setup well constructed security for Windows and for Linux/Unix, to make good saved Windows you need at least Zero administration Toolkit, but experienced user can go around this barrier quickly and you can start rebuild from scratches, in this case what can do somebody from outside? I do not have much time to make a real comparison, I know what I need. As a client the Windows is a good choice because of the simplicity of deployment and most users (at least in Hungary) know it better, but for servers is the best stable, almost bug free Linux/Unix well secured from start. Do not place any valuable on Windows, it's a nice demo terminal for Linux/Unix nothing more. Please help me to save newbies from making wrong decision after such an article, I do not lough I'm "show one's teeth" - my english is too pure to express, it's drawn from my old (Hunmgarian-English) vocabulary... Sincerelly yours
