I wouldn't know if Mac is as flexible, I do doubt however if it's as secure. I think there are less Mac exploits FOUND because it's a less interesting target since they don't represent as big a market shares as windows/unix. If everybody would start using mac I'm sure more exploits would be found.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert M. Judy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Steve Bremer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 6:13 PM Subject: RE: NT/2000 vs Unix based Web Servers > OK, I missed a bunch of this (flame part) but aren't the MacOS > running WebStar more secure and as flexible as either of the Winows > or *nix based servers? > > rmj > > > > >> Yes the default WWW Service runs as System on Windows and yes you can > >> (and should) change that. It is quite unbelievable just how much you > > > >That's very good. > > > >> > >> It is interesting that you point out one of the exploits available for > >> OpenSSH which highlights the fact that other systems have security > >> exploits also. > > > >No disagreement there, but my point was that running services as > >"root" or the windows equivalent of root is, in most cases, a very bad > >idea. > > > >> Icecast is a freeware media streamer but is it for audio, not movies. > > > >My mistake. > > > >> > >> On the flame point, you may have noticed some irate responses to my > >> first entry. > > > >Yes, we can all be a overly sensitive at times :-) > > > >> IIS is certainly not alone in this > >> database, a lot of CGI stuff in there. > > > >Very true. There are a lot of insecure CGI programs out there, but > >that's not a security hole in the web server itself. Anyone can write > >a bad application for a web server that opens them to an attack. > > > >On a properly configured system, compromising the host that the > >web server is running on should be very difficult to do from a CGI > >program. > > > >Cheers! > >Steve Bremer >
