____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 17 April 2008 15:19 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Hackers Tuck Attack Code Into UK Government Site
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Trend Micro's Web site was one of up to 20,000 sites discovered in
>>| mid-March where hackers found a weakness in the server's security that
>>| allowed them to implant malicious JavaScript.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,144149-pg,1/article.html
>>
>> The real number is probably far greater, so before the munchkins ridicule
>> for PHP-based application coding bugs, they ought to be aware that Windows
>> servers are affected without exception, as reported in the news many times
>> already.
>>
>
> What on earth are HMG doing using Windows servers? They're expensive,
> unreliable, insecure, and, well, expensive. Linux is inexpesive, highly
> reliable, and far far more secure. This is not one of those complicated
> management decisions - even MBA types should be able to do this one...
They need to be able to /SUE/ someone if something goes wrong, remember? That's
their selection criterion. And by the way, Linux is not different in that
respect, but myths and perception stymie adoption where the
propaga^Hliterature and pamphlets took over.
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