RE: Webservers - IIS, etc.

Dave --

The article means NOTHING. Seriously.

A more ACCURATE statistic would be this: Successful_Hacks / ATTEMPTED_Hacks

Ever occur to the anti-Microsoft zealots that, just _maybe_, more people
attempt to hack the IIS rather than, say, Apache. Think about it; the
"typical" hacker -- if you will -- is most likely to be anti-MS and pro-Open
Source. They don't like to feed off their own kind.

I'm NOT saying IIS is the most secure; but I AM arguing for some level of
statistical honesty. Remember: there are lies, damned lies, and statistics.

(and Microsoft press releases after that <grin>)

-- Don Schenck
   Schenck Technical Consulting
   DonS@SchenckTech.com / www.SchenckTech.com 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shaw, David [mailto:dshaw@spartan.com]
> Sent: January 12, 2001 9:58 AM
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: Webservers - IIS, etc.
> 
> 
> Which is what the article says, although they round off the 
> 19.58 to 20%.  I
> imagine there are folks at Microsloth celebrating that 
> they're Number One at
> something, though...
> 
> Dave Shaw
> Spartan International, Inc.
> Spartanburg, SC
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mcrump@sgcontainers.com [mailto:mcrump@sgcontainers.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 6:15 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Webservers - IIS, etc.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Actually, that is not quite true.......
> 
> >From Netcraft:
> 
> Developer           December 2000  Percent
> 
> Apache              15,414,726           60.04
> 
> Microsoft        5,027,023                            19.58
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> Of course.
> 
> If the Toyota Corolla is the best selling car, what do you 
> think the best
> selling oil filter will be?
> 
> Brad
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Neil Palmer [mailto:neilp@dpslink.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 3:49 PM
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: Webservers - IIS, etc.
> >
> >
> > Well, here's an article that shows that, er, Microsoft is in
> > the lead. :-)
> > IIS  -  Insecure Idiotic Server.
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15936.html
> >
> > ...Neil
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > mcrump@sgcontainers.com
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> >
> >
> >
> > I'm writing an internal technology review document and am
> > looking for some
> > third
> > party evaluations of IIS.  I've done some searching on the
> > web but with
> > little
> > prevail.  I am comparing/contrasting to our
> > Domino/Apache/Websphere/Java/Iseries
> > (uh AS/400) decision.  I have lots of nice info on Exchange
> > but nothing on
> > IIS.
> > Can anyone point me in the right direction?
> >
> > Michael Crump
> > Saint-Gobain Containers
> > 1509 S. Macedonia Ave.
> > Muncie, IN  47302
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