I fully agree. NT servers should be "jailed" if not configured properly.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Curtis Ireland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Phillip Hofmeister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Marcel Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <debian-security@lists.debian.org> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 6:34 PM Subject: Re: Bizarre apache logs [OT] > Phillip Hofmeister wrote: > > A few words: > > > > Lazy and/or ignorant system administrators. Then again...NT/2000 is so easy > > that you don't have to be a good administrator to run a box...*sigh* > > > I don't completely agree on that remark. I run a hybrid network (I was > under orders, don't shoot me!) and if there's anything I've learned, > it's that Windows Servers are no where near as easy to administer as > everybody makes it out to be. > > Windows is a lot easier to install initially than Linux, but that's > because Linux forces the admin to properly configure from the start. > > To get Windows running properly, there are a lot of tweaks and > non-tuitive settings you need to go through. However, M$ has made the > mistake of allowing their servers to run without these tweaks which is > where all the holes come into play. > > Lazy and/or ignorant sys admins? Yes > NT/2000 so easy you don't have to be a good admin to run it? Not > necessarily. > -C > > -- > Curtis Ireland XIST Information Services & Technology Inc. > Network Administrator phone: (613)234-9621 X231 fax: (613)234-9564 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1-888-ASK-XIST - http://xist.com > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
