And for more backup:
IIS: Time To Just Say No
- It's been a difficult year for IIS (Internet Information Server),
Microsoft's flagship Web sever. The most import question that needs to be
asked regarding IIS is, "Why are so many large corporations still using this
highly insecure, flawed product?"
http://securityportal.com/articles/iis20010521.html
Jerry.
At 10:06 30/05/01 +0000, you wrote:
>On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 11:41:18PM +0100 or thereabouts,
>hippy at oceanfree.net wrote:
> >
> > just reading the news and found below,
> > hope soom one gets some thing form it.
> >
> > Insurer Considers Microsoft NT High-Risk
> >
> > http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2766045,00.html> >
> > J.S. Wurzler Underwriting Managers, one of the first companies
> > to offer hacker insurance, has begun charging clients 5 percent
> > to 15 percent more if they use Microsoft's Windows NT software
> > in their Internet operations.
> >
> > The company, consisting of only eight employees, is being closely
> > watched by many of the larger insurance companies. It is believed
> > that other insurers will follow Wurzler's lead.
>>Now *that* means the battle is won!
>>Conor
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