It's not a flaw, it's a design feature. Look, Windows is simply built differently than Unix. Not worse or better, but different. NT needs several steps to get secure, many forms of Unix (hi, William!) don't. But if you don't know what you're doing, it doesn't matter -- you're gonna get exposed.
-- Drew ******************************** Visit http://www.drewncapris.net! Go! Go there now! "Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world that yields most painfully to change." - Robert Kennedy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Black, Nathan Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 1:44 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: It's not Microsoft's fault because.... > Nimda required the IUSR_<MachineName> account to have read > access into the > \WinNT tree. A properly secured server would have that > directory (and ALL > directories outside Inetpub\www) explicity denied permissions. If you came from a different background, that _would_ be a flaw in the promiscuous-by-default design of the NTFS file system. Nathan > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 1:23 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: It's not Microsoft's fault because.... > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
