Re: Internet Cafe

From: Nico Schottelius (schottelius@wdt.de)
Date: 01/22/03

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From: Nico Schottelius <schottelius@wdt.de>
To: dave <dave@netmedic.net>

    dave,

    dave [Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 11:43:35PM -0500]:
    > Wow do you actually believe Win systems are not secure?

    there's always a way you can modify data in a windows system.
    just think of remote modifying via active x and so on...

    > Who had the most security holes/bugs in the past 12 months? Could it be
    > Linux.

    the fact that there are more discovering bugs, does not say which OS actually
    has more bugs. and btw, I don't think it's linux.

    > You can bullet proof an Win NT/2000 system.

    you'd be the first one I've seen. hard to get in, yes. but bullet proof,no.

    > Even make it default to resist
    > DoS and setup PktFiltering with no extra software.

    i think this doesn't matter here. asked for a secure internet cafe client,
    i just can recommened linux in a kiosk. give the user quotas or just a ramdisk
    to write in.

    > Why do you think it is not secure? Can you prove it?

    if not me, someone else could. but I think you got to show me the nt/2000
    system, that's not beeing modifyable.

    and what's more an issue: you'll need much more time to make nt as secure
    as linux is per default...
    but i don't want to open linux vs. windos flame war once more...

    > Or do you just like
    > to bad mouth things you have no knowledge of?

    interesting expression 'bad mouth things'..
    the answer is simply: no.

    Greetings,

    Nico

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