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Memo to Microsoft: Stay Secretive, Please
Jon Lasser, 2002-05-15

Unix and Linux security owes much to openness and public disclosure, but Microsoft is too far gone for sunshine to do any good.

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...Until Microsoft redesigns from the ground up 2002-05-16
Matthew Kauffman (2 replies)
...Until Microsoft redesigns from the ground up 2002-05-16
Anonymous (2 replies)
...Until Microsoft redesigns from the ground up 2002-05-20
manually adding html tags to be safe (1 replies)
Memo to Microsoft: Stay Secretive, Please 2002-05-16
Not Really Anonymous (1 replies)
Memo to Microsoft: Stay Secretive, Please 2002-05-17
blane (1 replies)
RE: Memo to Microsoft: Stay Secretive, Please 2002-05-17
Not Really Anonymous (1 replies)
Another Linux/Unix Apologist Overlooks the Obvious 2002-05-16
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Another Linux/Unix Apologist Overlooks the Obvious 2002-05-17
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Another Linux/Unix Apologist Overlooks the Obvious - Rebuttal 2002-05-17
Anonymous (5 replies)
Come back to earth SpaceMonkey - I rebutt your rebutt 2002-05-17
Anonymous (1 replies)
Come back to earth SpaceMonkey - I rebutt your rebutt 2002-05-21
Anonymous (2 replies)
Can you please come up with some examples of NT/W2K's
insecurity at the OS level? I see the problems at the
application level many times, but so do I for Unices and
Linux.

To clarify, my question is pointed at the server offerings
from Microsoft, not the desktop ones. Even all the 'Hack-
ing Exposed' books admit that the only problem with Micro-
soft server offerings with regard to security is having an
inexperienced admin working with it. Each of W2K and Unix
administered by competent admins would yield secure systems
according to this widely respected publication.

Your thoughts?

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Not "a teenager in Croatia". 2002-05-20
Anonymous
Let's Be Real 2002-05-21
Anonymous
Memo to Microsoft: Stay Secretive, Please 2002-05-21
blacklight (1 replies)
Another attempt at trying to get fired 2002-05-24
Someone fire this guy :\







 

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