At the very least Oracle has put some effort in to security. Microsoft doesn't care and will wait till people break every little peice of their software then will pay the developement costs to patch their software.. Not only is Oracle concerned with security, but they are concerned with a seperate vendors product that will secure an unsecure product (Exchange/Microsoft).
----- Original Message ----- From: "leon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 8:39 AM Subject: Ellison: Oracle Database is 'Unbreakable' (fwd) > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I think it is a publicity stunt. Nothing like taunting the hacking / > security community to get some free security work done for them so > they don't have to do it themselves. I mean, why would they spend > money on research and development of security when that totally cuts > into their bottom line and they can it for free and add security as > an afterthought. Anyone else agree or disagree? All responses to > list please. > > > Cheers, > > Leon > > - - -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 12:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Ellison: Oracle Database is 'Unbreakable' (fwd) > > - - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 11:21:19 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Ellison: Oracle Database is 'Unbreakable' > > http://www.varbusiness.com/components/Nl/Insider/article.asp?ArticleID > =31368 > > [ snip ] > > Ellison also said hackers and cybercriminals can't break into the > database > because of its enhanced security and stability. He said he was warned > not to > call Oracle 9i unbreakable because it would attract hackers eager to > break > into Oracle databases, but despite increased attacks recently, all > attempts > have failed so far, Ellison said. > > "I'm not inviting hackers, but so far, with more than 1,000 attacks a > day, > we're still running," Ellison said. "Our very first customer was the > CIA. > Our second customer was the National Security Agency." > > [ snip ] > > "What we're proposing is you keep your Microsoft Outlook, we'll make > it > unbreakable," Ellison said. "And unbreakable means you can't break it > and > you can't break in." > > [ snip ] > > More at > http://www.oracle.com/features/events/index.html?ljecomdex.html > > Sounds like a challenge to me. I think you can download evaluation > copies > of Oracle products at http://otn.oracle.com/software/content.html > > - - -- > Elias Levy > SecurityFocus > http://www.securityfocus.com/ > Si vis pacem, para bellum > > > - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use > <http://www.pgp.com> > > iQA+AwUBO/pq5dqAgf0xoaEuEQLlMgCYhdpLZNWSQ+wCGhGKhzB/Elfe2wCdGLAS > fadt/iAuyCw5ucwFLn843Xw= > =phbJ > - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> > > iQA/AwUBO/prA9qAgf0xoaEuEQLqxwCeK5cJZgNyW/5snZsTbCWC5lf1RE8AoPmp > pjwsrqepUSpaIDKr7W1jx5w3 > =nViG > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
