At 15:58 1/10/02 +1200, Arjen De Landgraaf wrote:
Hi Joe,
We could state that in our advisories, However, wouldn't it be on the same line as:
Avoid car accidents, disable all petrol and diesel?
Personally I would love to have the death rate on the road reduced to 0. If this is realistically achievable right now is another question.
The reality is that Microsoft and all its products are a very large part of the global business world right now. Just as unsafe cars. We can make them somewhat safer by awareness and vigilance, just as driving a car.
While I can see the arguments about "having" to use Windows for certain uses, (lack of specific needed applications on alternative platforms etc) there is really *NO* reason at all not to use (or consider using) an alternative to Outlook Express / Outlook. There are plenty of good alternatives available that don't automatically execute viruses, and some of them are even free. The main reason to use Outlook Express is laziness - it comes with Windows and doesn't have to be seperately installed. So Joe's "do not use microsoft e-mail clients" preventitive measure is perfectly reasonable IMO. (Even if his "do not use windows" one is less practical :)
That is not to say that we don't agree with you, but the other side of the coin is that there are plenty of "non-windows" threats around; SSL, apache etc also have their own vulnerabilities.
Yes, and fortunately on average Apache Sysadmin has a few more clues about keeping up with security updates than the average Outlook Express user :) Regards, Simon - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog