Start at http://www.apache.org/, take the site survey link at the bottom of the page, and check out some figures and graphs for "Internet as a whole" type stuff. (If I use a VMS Web server with a blank SYSTEM password, and that server is hacked, does that say something about the security of VMS, or my idiocy in configuring it?) PJDM ---- Peter Mayne, Digital Equipment Corporation (Australia), Canberra, ACT These are my opinions, and have nothing to do with Digital. "Forgive my long delay in writing, but I have been simply overwhelmed with work." - Letter from Miss Mina Murray to Miss Lucy Westenra; Dracula, Bram Stoker > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Jeremy [SMTP:peter.jeremyat_private] > Sent: Monday, May 04, 1998 9:46 AM > To: firewall-wizardsat_private > Subject: NT vs Unix on the Internet > > I'm currently engaged in an internal NT vs Unix debate and trying to > insert some facts into the debate. > > One point that has come up is along the lines of `most Internet sites > that have been hacked have been running Unix therefore Unix is > insecure'. Can anyone point me to some figures showing what sorts of > sites have been broken into and what they were running, compared to > the Internet as a whole? > > Note: I don't want to start a flamewar here. I'm just after some > defendable figures in place of FUD. > > Peter > -- > Peter Jeremy (VK2PJ) peter.jeremyat_private > Alcatel Australia Limited > 41 Mandible St Phone: +61 2 9690 5019 > ALEXANDRIA NSW 2015 Fax: +61 2 9690 5247
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