Gartner heard the lines that IIS stands for It Isn't Secure. Gartner's been really really bad about advocating Linux... so this is a major thing, coming out publically against IIS. Seth --- Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry if this is old news. I haven't read > Slashdot for a couple > of days. > > > http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=101034 > > Juicy quote: > > Gartner recommends that enterprises hit by > both Code Red and > Nimda immediately investigate alternatives > to IIS, including > moving Web applications to Web server > software from other > vendors, such as iPlanet and Apache. > Although these Web > servers have required some security > patches, they have much > better security records than IIS and are > not under active > attack by the vast number of virus and > worm writers. Gartner > remains concerned that viruses and worms > will continue to > attack IIS until Microsoft has released a > completely > rewritten, thoroughly and publicly tested, > new release of IIS. > > -- > Bob Miller K<bob> > kbobsoft software consulting > http://kbobsoft.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
