Re: Web Migration FAQ Draft 2.0

[Aaron Turner <aturner@linuxkb.org>]

I would point them to this MSNBC page which talks about a M$ site being
hacked (which was of course running NT).

Question:  If Microsoft can't secure NT, who can?

http://www.msnbc.com/news/327726.asp

On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Daniel E. Markle wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 at 06:35:58PM -0600, Michael Viron wrote:
> > "Q Why do we have to migrate to a NT server?
> > A Moving the university web pages from a UNIX server to a Windows NT server
> > will provide the university with greater security and stronger integration
> > with the rest of the university systems."
> 
> Greater security?  What is this guy smoking.  I would refer to the many recent
> stories at CNN and other major news outlets of major NT security bugs,
> emphasizing how many of them have not been patched and the lack of such
> security nightmares on Linux.
> 
> I would recommend changing your text from configuration issues, which are not
> very compelling, to evidence that they are making a poor, uninformed decision.
> You have to reach higher ups here, and try to stay away from tech talk (like
> SMTP ports).  Do you know who is pushing this decision?  The techs or the
> PHBs?
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
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