From owner-cvs-all Fri Mar 12 4:26:18 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from phk.freebsd.dk (phk.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.153]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F31FE15213; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 04:26:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by phk.freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA29442; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 13:25:53 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id NAA02787; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 13:25:45 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: "Andrey A. Chernov" Cc: paul@originative.co.uk, marcs@znep.com, dg@root.com, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: BSD/OS compatibility (was: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf .. In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 12 Mar 1999 15:20:48 +0300." <19990312152048.A37814@nagual.pp.ru> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 13:25:44 +0100 Message-ID: <2785.921241544@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk In message <19990312152048.A37814@nagual.pp.ru>, "Andrey A. Chernov" writes: >On Fri, Mar 12, 1999 at 12:05:07PM -0000, paul@originative.co.uk wrote: >> I think Frontpage extensions are the thing that could trip us up. There's at >> least one prominenet UK ISP that offers Frontpage enabled Apache on FreeBSD. >> This is actually the market that FreeBSD targets. >> >> Maybe Microsoft should be contacted to push for a FreeBSD binary. > >Absolutely NO. Frontpage Extensions provide several security holes which >allows to overwrite any web file remotely or execute any program. This >holes are flaws in this product design and some of them can't be closed. > >For remote WWW updating better use WebDAV, Microsoft support it too in >their WebFolders. Andrey, We're not in the business of selling a religion, we're in the business of providing our users with tools and solutions. Yes, I think pushing Microsoft for a FreeBSD specific FP would be a good idea. Tell them it helps prove the existence of competition and they will lap it up :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message