List, I realize that I am coming into this discussion late, but I would like to share a bit of information about a Windows 2000 security feature that I recently learned in class.
The login process for Windows 2000 is handled by an open source program known as Kerberos, you may recognize that name as it is also used in most Linux distributions. Maybe someone at Microsoft can help me connect the dots, why would you make an open source application the gate keeper for your flagship operating system? Thanks for letting me vent, Ron Case > http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,52973,00.html > > 2:00 a.m. June 5, 2002 PDT > Authors of a new report on the perils of open source > software are being very closed-mouth about their > funding sources. > > "Opening the Open Source Debate," a white paper slated > to be released Friday by the Alexis de Tocqueville > Institution, indicates that open-source software is > inherently less secure than proprietary software. The > report warns governments against relying on > open-source software for national security. > > Open-source advocates wondered if the white paper is > actually a veiled Microsoft response to recent reports > of rising government and military interest in > open-source systems. > > A Microsoft spokesman confirmed that Microsoft > provides funding to the Alexis de Tocqueville > Institution. > > ... > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
