On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Stuart Eddleston wrote: > Well as I've already seen the light and am migrating to HP-UX I just needed >something to tide me over through the migration.
Cool, has HP fixed their lack of a shodwo file for passwords yet? Last I'd heard it was in a 'future' release it would be. Othrwise you are condemned to addons or tcb for security. TCB breaks many inhouse tools, so sometimes does not end up an option. Nice hardware though... Thanks, Ron DuFresne > > And it has the distinct bonus of being free.. my favourite price and well within my >budget ;) > > Stuart Eddleston > Network Administrator > SwampEast Missouri > > >>> Paul Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/11/02 10:45AM >>> > On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Stuart Eddleston wrote: > > > Microsoft also released a new tool today. The Microsoft Baseline > > Security Analyzer, Its only good For MS Servers of course but seems to > > do a reasonably credible job of scanning its servers for > > vulnerabilities - Whats nice about it is that it points you at the > > fixes and patches for the problems it finds so its fairly idiot proof. > > HFNetcheck was a necessary and incredibly good thing. Idiot-proofing it > is simply of incremental value. > > > > > I hate to say it but it really seems that they're trying to get things > > a little better > > One might however wonder about the conflict-of-interest between producing > security tools to secure products and producing security-poor products > that need such tools. Making money off of errors, omissions and lack of > configurability in your own products isn't exactly saving the world. > > Paul > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Paul D. Robertson "My statements in this message are personal opinions > [EMAIL PROTECTED] which may have no basis whatsoever in fact." > > > _______________________________________________ > Firewalls mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart ***testing, only testing, and damn good at it too!*** OK, so you're a Ph.D. Just don't touch anything. _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
