question with server

[GoijI P]

>From: Tony Dietrich <td at transoft.demon.co.uk>
>Reply-To: td at transoft.demon.co.uk,Getting started with Red Hat Linux 
><redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
>To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux <redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: question with server
>Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:24:24 +0000
>
>On Friday 14 Jan 2005 19:19, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > GoijI P wrote:
> > > Like to select a platfrom as server between linux or MacOX server.
> > > In general , which is preferred?. any experience with either one?.
> > > clients are all going to be all windows. World only sees either linux
> > > server or MacOX server. My concern is security for PC windows clients.
> >
> > I have no experience with MacOS X servers.
> >
> > I'm unclear as to what your concern is for the Windows clients.  The
> > server has no effect on their security if it's a pure client-server
> > model.  It's up to the client to enforce its own security.
>
>True, but the correct choice of server CAN affect the security of the 
>clients,
>if the server configuration and/or the availability of security-related
>packages is wrong.
>
>Assuming the server is the only window for its clients to the 'Net, and it 
>is
>essential to permit such access, then virus-checkers, firewalls (iptables 
>or
>whatever) and other apps like squid running on the server can make securing
>client machines easier for the on-site tech, since he can relax a little
>about these issues on the clients.  (OK, I know a few desktop users that 
>have
>little enough knowledge to be dangerous even then!)
>
>So I interpret this question as 'Which OS running in a server config has 
>the
>correct mix of packages available to make it simple for me to build a 
>machine
>that can help me secure my LAN from network threats, given that I have a
>whole bunch of vulnerable machines attached to the net used by people who
>couldn't care in the slightest whether they do something that might
>comprimise their system.'
>
>Answer.  Dunno.  Linux can do this.  I worked with MacOS for about 3 days
>once.  Didn't like it.  Personal choice.  So I can't do a comparison.
>
>I did do some Googling, since this question interested me for some reason, 
>but
>couldn't see any site that addressed this issue impartially.  The all 
>seemed
>to be written by people that had an axe to grind for one OS or the other.
>
> > If you're worried about the security of the server itself, ANYTHING is
> > better than Windows.
>
>Well yeah, although the users might not like it if we handed them ZX81's!
>16k BASIC.
>


thanks to both of you. Thanks for rephrasing my Q. and giving me nice 
answer.

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