Linked by Jeremy LaCroix on Wed 13th Aug 2003 16:59 UTC
I am a "Technologist", a Technology enthusiast that is usually the one that is called should a major catastrophe strike an end user. My saga of computer rescues becomes a plot that is ever so thickening, if not only for the fact that's it's becoming incredibly easy for hackers and malicious code writers these days to invade personal property to find, seek, and destroy. Each year, virus and hacker threats increase, and in addition the damage trail left behind is something of a problem. Not to forget, a majority of "PC Panic" cases I've come across are often times the same common, "major" problem.
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Linux/BSD is not safe either without a software firewall, just think how many users run apache without knowing, for example; Linux just doesn't receive as much crackers' time.
That arguement works with some linux distributions, but the BSDs do not turn on apache by default, and most linux distributions at least mention that they are running various servers. I agree with the point of your post though.
On another note the trouble is that they say things along the lines of these servers are running they might cause security issues but probably not so you don't need to disable them. This is bs, not only are they security hazards but they waste memory. Why run apache, an ftp server, MySQL, postgresql and sshd if you don't need them? even freebsd wants to run sshd and inetd (which in turn runs nothing) by default.
Oh well, I've yacked enough so I'll shut up.
Jared