I don't think market share has anything to do with it. I think it's
Microsoft's public image. They're viewed as a dominating monopoly so in
effect are targeted for most attacks. The worms, viruses, etc. that target
MS products, aren't IMHO created to discredit the people that are infected
by them, but to discredit MS for having vulnerable software. Granted, MS'
software could be more secure out of the box, and it's definitely something
they need to work on. However, I think many of these vulnerabilities could
have been eliminated by administrators who effectively do their job. A
perfect example would be CodeRed.
This, of course, is just my humble opinion.
Regards,
Sean Martin, MCSE
Network Administrator
Ribelin Lowell & Company
Insurance Brokers, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: xylog [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 9:51 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: IIS check this out
This is just plain wrong. Apache has a larger market share than IIS. IIS
is gaining in leaps and bounds but is not and has never been the market
leader. Here is a link if you don't believe me:
http://www.netcraft.com/survey/
Apache is more secure, Apache has been more secure before IIS was a blip
on the radar. People target IIS not because it is what the majority of
people use but because it has more vulnerabilities. Granted there are a
large number of IIS boxes to target but that is not the problem. It is
just avoiding the core issue. MS has a problem delivering software that
is secure out of the box. This is the problem and always will be until
give security a higher priority than adding new features to sell
software. The reality is that this will never happen because the only
thing that motivates MS is money and that means selling the latest
versions of there software.
xylog
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 12:42 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: IIS check this out
Wow, that's pretty harsh. However, don't you think if everyone ditched
IIS and moved to something else like Apache, then the bad guys would
just start targeting Apache. If your goal is to bring sites down, then
you get the most bang for you buck by targeting IIS. Along the same
lines, most viruses target PCs and not MACs. After the Nimda virus
someone on one of the lists I'm on suggested that Nimda was another
example of why people should switch to MACs. Sorry, it will be a cold
day in Osama's soon to be new home before I do that. ;-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Luke Brumbaugh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 7:47 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT:IIS check this out
This looks pretty bad for the home team.
As of resent events, I have been working over.
Unfortunately I am salary, if I was hourly, I would probably
be in a significantly higher tax bracket.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/21853.html
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