What percent of "servers" are running a Windows OS? > -----Original Message----- > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of David > P. Schwartz > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 12:25 PM > To: plug > Subject: Insurer Considers Microsoft NT High-Risk > > > Insurer Considers Microsoft NT High-Risk > > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20010529/tc/insurer_considers_micr > osoft_nt_high-risk_1.html > > a brief quote: > > > Windows-based servers are frequently victimized by hackers. > From August 1999 to November 2000, 56 > > percent of all the successful, documented hack attacks occurred > on systems using Microsoft server > > software, according to statistics posted at Attrition.org, a > Web site that records hackers' exploits. > > > > Given Windows NT's record, Gene Spafford, the director of > Purdue University's Center for Education and > > Research in Information Assurance and Security, believes higher > insurance premiums may be justified. > > "NT is more difficult to install correctly and keep up to date > than Linux (news - web sites)," Spafford said. > > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail > doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss