Re: **Secure** Ftp server

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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:55:38 +0100

phn@icke-reklam.ipsec.nu wrote:

> Mike <honey@michaelmoyse.co.uk> wrote:
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>>phn@icke-reklam.ipsec.nu wrote:
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>>>Leythos <void@nowhere.com> wrote:
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> % stuff removed to focus on one question %%
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>>>True. But i Can read, cert is one place to read about windows broken
>>>security, securityfocus another.
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>>http://www.openbsd.org/security.html Is fun to read as well. Lets face
>>it, all operating systems have vulnerabilities and the biggest one is
>>the guy on the keyboard and his knowledge of security and the O/S he is
>>using. Then we are back on the TCO argument again.
>
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> The refenrence to openbsd is interesting. There has not (to my knowledge)
> been a single break-in in an openbsd running default installation.
But you must agree that the possibility exists and even more so in the
hands of a novice user? Out of the box I'm sure it is more secure than
any MS O/S but correctly configured and protected MS O/S? I doubt you
could get a cigarette paper between them.

> There has been applications ( which you have to start first) that had
No different to any other OS on the planet then.

> holes, there has been a number of problems with local stuff ( where
> one must create a running process first in order to exploit).
Again no different to any other OS on the planet.

> The application we are discussing, a simple ftp server would
> not be part of any of these problems. In fact one could use
> a 2.2 release ( 8 years old) and still be safe.
So no way you could misconfigure it to allow access to your entire file
system then??

> Compare that to the track record of MS. Then compare the price
> difference, easiness of install and amount of work needed to
> keep the machine running.
Sure there are problems with MS O/S and they are all well documented and
easily fixed by any good admin.

> How many many cancelled ms-licenses is needed to hire one good admin ?
A huge number actually (Ignoring the fact that one can't 'cancel' a
license and get your money back so the point is moot) and don't forget,
an MS license is a one-off cost but an admin will cost you every day.

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