Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 13:33:37 -0500 From: jase <jase@clearsail.net> To: Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org> Cc: Deepwell Internet <freebsd@deepwell.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FrontPage Server Extensions Message-ID: <362F7A80.747BAE3C@clearsail.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981022133043.4185A-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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I did a search of the security mailing list archives and came up with: http://www.worldgate.com/~marcs/fp/ Enjoy. :) Robert Watson wrote: > On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, Deepwell Internet wrote: > > > I'm in EXACTLY the same position. We run an ISP where our primary web > > server is a FreeBSD 2.2.6 box. If someone requests to use frontpage I have > > to go through the point-and-click hell of adding them into the NT server > > (Add a user into the domain, create a new folder, add them into IIS with > > both a website and an FTP account). This just turns into hell. > > > > I've been seriously thinking about installing the frontpage extensions, but > > I'm a little weary since this is a Stronghold secure webserver. People > > around the office have been saying that the FP extensions are insecure and > > buggy, but no one can point to any real examples. > > At SafePort, we have some BSD/OS machines, and the same problem. We would > far rather run UNIX than NT -- it's more manageable, customizable, secure, > etc. However, we have lots of customers asking for FPE now. I thought > about trying to reverse-engineer, but I don't have the time. I wonder if > anyone on the Apache project, etc, has looked at doing this? The security > issues with the MS product are a real concern, and we have been losing a > few customers because we are reluctant to install a known problem on our > servers. > > Robert N Watson > > Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cmu.edu/ > TIS Labs at Network Associates, Inc. http://www.tis.com/ > SafePort Network Services http://www.safeport.com/ > robert@fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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