Re: INCREDIBLE - what am I missing here... ??? !!!

["James W. Kilgore" <eMail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve, Steve, Steve,

Linux may be as reliable, but it is not nearly as secure.

Sure, if I left my keys in my car, you could get in.  Level 10/20
security.  But that is not the fault of the car, the key, nor a feather
in your cap for taking advantage of a sloppy auto owner.

Don't get me wrong, I am a Linux fan, but I do business on an AS/400.

Since you could walk right in on one of yours, I would have to say that
your site has left the keys in the door.

Steve wrote:
> 
> In article <CCE4573B7570D411874300508B8E04CC17604C@mailsrvnew.irfm.org>,
> Chris Bipes <chris.bipes@cross-check.com> writes
> >SECURITY & RELIABLITY!
> 
> [Linux stuff snipped]
> 
> Get out of here - Linux is as secure and reliable as an AS/400 -
> my intranet site is on a 8 year old 486/66 and has never failed
> in two years, despite handling 1000 + hits a day.
> 
> Because it's open source, you can secure it as solid as anything you
> want - and I wouldn't take bets on your AS/400 security. I was
> challenged to hack one of ours and walked right in. Don't believe
> the propaganda - put up a server and try it (it costs nothing but time).
>
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