Why most run Microsoft, not RedHat

Gene Heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
Wed Apr 25 16:05:19 UTC 2007


On Wednesday 25 April 2007, Les Mikesell wrote:
>Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> That Windows XP contained a firewall but had it turned off in its default
>>> state is incomprehensible to me. That it was off by default is certainly
>>> to a great extent responsible for the worm infestations we have seen,
>>> especially before SP2, but also after, for those that did not update
>>> their systems.
>>>
>>> It seems undescribably stupid to ship a product with a built in firewall,
>>> but keeping the firewall turned off in its default configuration.
>>
>> Oh, we could describe it allright, but then everyone would have a copy of
>> my personal 15 minute monolog, IF their monitor was fireproof.
>
>On the other hand it is just bizarre to have a network full of things
>that don't respond to ICMP/ping.

Yeah, like ALL of vz's servers.  HTF are you supposed to troubleshoot when one 
of their dns machines gets hammered and falls over?  I've had more than one 
very pointed discussion with their tech support about that.  Some don't even 
respond to a tcp ping!

>--
>   Les Mikesell
>    lesmikesell at gmail.com



-- 
Cheers, Gene
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