Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 13:25:44 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> 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 .. Message-ID: <2785.921241544@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 12 Mar 1999 15:20:48 %2B0300." <19990312152048.A37814@nagual.pp.ru>
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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
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