Microsoft Security (...how to reassure customers of)

From: Shane Colley (shane_at_sonatalabs.com)
Date: 01/22/04

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    To: <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:57:45 -0600

    My company focuses on web design (portal/CMS) for small/midsize companies
    and non profit orgs. We generally design with ASP.NET/WIN 2003 Server/MS
    SQL Server.

    We have recently run into a problem with a local competitor. The competitor
    generally designs flash and php sites hosted on Apache/Linux.

    The competitor is apparently going to our customers and potential customers
    and trying to scare them off by bashing Microsoft/IIS.

    Security Holes in improperly configured MS systems are no secret... so
    people already have this idea in their head /before/ this competitor gets to
    them.

    It's like the competitor is playing off of the customers fear... and once
    they are afraid, it appears the burden of proof lies on us.

    I'm looking for suggestions and/or resources on how to counter this. If you
    or any of your companies have run into similar situations, I'd love to hear
    how you handled it.

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