First of all, security.. Windows is full of security holes
Did anyone mention the weak password encryption that cnet.com talked
about recently? If you get a copy of the password file, you can break
any MSW password in a few seconds. Macintosh passwords takes 4000 times
as long (or 4000 times as
* Thus wrote Joel Rees ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
First of all, security.. Windows is full of security holes
Did anyone mention the weak password encryption that cnet.com talked
about recently? If you get a copy of the password file, you can break
any MSW password in a few seconds. Macintosh
* Thus wrote [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Go with the costs. If you have a running system on apache + php + mysql
see how much it costs to support that platform. Meaning how high are the
costs to maintain it. Inclusive administration and deployment of apps.
Then compare the costs
If you have to move to Windows, at least use Apache. I note in my
server access logs on my Windows test machine that people are trying to
hack in every day and I have a very obscure site just to test my own
clients' web apps. It always looks like some kind of super long url
trying to do some
Jim McNeely mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
on Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:57 PM said:
If you have to move to Windows, at least use Apache. I note in my
server access logs on my Windows test machine that people are trying
to hack in every day and I have a very obscure site just to test my
own
--- Chris W. Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you ever use IIS you can get a tool (free) from MS called URLScan.
It's sort of like mod_rewrite in that it rejects all those strange
requests before they even get to IIS. Good tool. It's meant to only
allow well formed, valid http requests.
From: Chris Shiflett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 2:22 PM
I thought that's what the Web server was supposed to do.
Well, that flies in the face of the filter-pipeline model, doesn't it? One
program, one job.
The web server should do the right thing in the face
Hi,
Friday, July 25, 2003, 7:21:32 AM, you wrote:
CS --- Chris W. Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you ever use IIS you can get a tool (free) from MS called URLScan.
It's sort of like mod_rewrite in that it rejects all those strange
requests before they even get to IIS. Good tool. It's meant
Hi,
I have to convince one guy to not move our site from Linux box where
it runs with Apache/PHP + MySQL to Windows box where it's going to deal
with Windows 2k/IIS/PHP(CGI) + MySQL and I need really good arguments,
cause it's only way I can convince him (cause his position in company
is much
I know that PHP under windows is intended to be used only as test
platform, but this is not enough to convince him.
Errr ... says who?
I'm out of a job here if this is true as I'm doing quite a bit of PHP
development on NT/IIS with both MySQL and MS Access (not my choice, but a
clients).
I'm
I have to convince one guy to not move our site from Linux box where
it runs with Apache/PHP + MySQL to Windows box where it's going to deal
with Windows 2k/IIS/PHP(CGI) + MySQL and I need really good arguments,
cause it's only way I can convince him (cause his position in company
is much
* Thus wrote [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Hi,
I have to convince one guy to not move our site from Linux box where
it runs with Apache/PHP + MySQL to Windows box where it's going to deal
with Windows 2k/IIS/PHP(CGI) + MySQL and I need really good arguments,
cause it's only way I
Wednesday, July 23, 2003, 3:33:48 PM, you wrote:
CZ * Thus wrote [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Hi,
I have to convince one guy to not move our site from Linux box where
it runs with Apache/PHP + MySQL to Windows box where it's going to deal
with Windows 2k/IIS/PHP(CGI) + MySQL and I
* Thus wrote [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Wednesday, July 23, 2003, 3:33:48 PM, you wrote:
CZ * Thus wrote [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Hi,
I have to convince one guy to not move our site from Linux box where
it runs with Apache/PHP + MySQL to Windows box where
First of all, security.. Windows is full of security holes
Second, a Win2k server ussually needs to be rebooted after several days of
running
A Linux box usually stays months and months running without any problem
without having to touch it
I got a Linux box running Apache + PHP + MySQL, Postfix
--- Juan Nin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
First of all, security.. Windows is full of security holes
Actually, IIS is much worse than the Windows OS. In fact, the Gartner Group
(suits typically respect their opinion) has recommended that it not be used in
production
Chris Shiflett mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 8:27 AM said:
...the Gartner
Group (suits typically respect their opinion) has recommended that it
not be used in production
(http://www3.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=101034).
Interesting.
If you receive pressure
* Thus wrote Chris W. Parker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Win2k server and up (advanced server, datacenter server) are meant for
high availability, especially datacenter server.
True, but what I have a problem with window machines is that they waste
precious resources for GUI stuff when most of the
If you receive pressure to move away from Linux (a server OS) to
Windows (a desktop OS) for use as a server
References? AFAIK, this is not true.
Common sense for the most part. Windows is the most dominant desktop OS by a
wide margin, and I'm sure there are statistics that will back this
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