From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 11 00:05:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E262116A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:05:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net (adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net [68.76.19.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BE9643D48 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:05:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from luke@foolishgames.com) Received: from [192.168.2.49] (adsl-68-73-70-68.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net [68.73.70.68]) (authenticated bits=0)ESMTP id i5B05b2N086977; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:05:38 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from luke@foolishgames.com) In-Reply-To: <20040610193518.5eef2a01.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <200406101935.i5AJZAwG085244@adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net> <40C8BB39.3000007@mac.com> <20040610193518.5eef2a01.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v618) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <0CB15F7C-BB3B-11D8-BCC3-000A95EFF4CA@foolishgames.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Lucas Holt Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:05:29 -0400 To: Bill Moran X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.618) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version 0.71, clamav-milter version 0.71 X-Virus-Status: Clean cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Frontpage and jails and possible alternatives X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:05:41 -0000 > > I would second this. > > At least I know the core OS is secure and stable. The only thing I > need to > worry about is the Frontpage extension itself. Customers are > customers ... > they want what they want, and if I don't give it to them, they'll take > their > money elsewhere. > > I just remember working at a hosting company a few years back. I didn't administer the linux servers, but I recall the linux admin had a great deal of trouble with unix frontpage extensions and getting them upgraded periodically. He often sat on stale software because it was a pain. I don't believe any operating system is more secure than another. It all depends who is setting them up. My former boss was very lax about security and his linux systems were often rooted. My NT servers were never rooted as i took proper security precautions and patched regularly. People can get in through services more often than exploiting OS vulnerabilities. of course anyone can get rooted, I was just rather lucky. Don't misinterpret this as a plug for microsoft. I like FreeBSD quite a bit.