Re: need info for confused ISP

[Pollywog <pollywog@shadypond.com>]

On 14-Apr-2000 20:36:53 Vitux wrote:
> Well over a year ago, I saw somewhere on the net that there
> was an experiment comparing the hacker-seurity of a
> linux-server to a windohs. That was when I started getting
> into Linux: everyone was invited to try to break the
> servers. NT was killed in 2 days, I believe. Linux was
> never.
> Probably not much use to you, but quite a little
> snickersnicker story...

I did mention this to them today, since I remember this too.
In one of their e-mails, one of their tech support people told me
that one of her/his friends did a similar experiment and the friend's
machine was taken down in a few minutes.  It seems now that they do
understand that this happens because the server is not properly
configured, not because Linux has inherent security holes.

thanks

--
Andrew