>Date: Tue, 18 Feb 97 11:43:01 CST
>From: jeromie @
garrison .
com (Jeromie Jackson)
>Subject: Web server security
>
> I have been looking at the security of the web server itself, and
was
>wondering what people think about using something like a Macintosh
for the
>server. My initial thought is that because it doesn't have a
command-line
>interface, and all other servers/daemons can be turned off, it would
be a solid
>OS to use. I have been looking @ CMW solutions, and they appear to
be quite
>pricey, out of the range of what most corporations are willing to
spend (~$30K)
>Jeromie Jackson
>Garrison Technologies
>jeromie @
garrison .
com
I know of several shops that have chosen to go with MacOS web servers
for
precisely what you have noted. It is a pretty difficult OS from a
hacker's perspective
from the internet. Secondly, due to the high expense of web
maintenance, firms
like the thought of IS spending more time on improving web page
content and
"spiffyness" than on maintenance and administration of the web
server.
In fact, 60% of web servers on the Internet are MacOS servers. (I
guess I should
back that statement up, so go to URL:
http://www2.apple.com/whymac/gofigure/default.html)
Michael T. Clark
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