Re: Linux Like Winows

[Richard <nospam [at] zetnet.co.uk>]

Jim

I'm not interested in having an argument with anyone about security
issues........

> And security through obscurity only takes you a little way. Any
> security issues with open source software/protocols has to be up front
> and open too - otherwise we are hampered in the fight against the
> badguys trying to get in. crack/satan and other tools have helped
> sysadmins, developers and distributors (except redhat or are they
> getting better :-() tighten up security no end.

Yes... but how does one do that if only a small group of individuals
in the UK understand anything about open source concepts. The vast
majority of the security folk in this country think that NDAs and
Microsoft are the way forward because it fits in with the official
secrets act. My own experience with the RAF/ Army etc was that
thinking for yourself wasn't good because it didn't help organised
crime at an international level. Incidentally, discussing any
security issues on a list of this sort is like paying a druggie down
the road to come and kick your front door down. Well... at least in
the UK it is.

Thanks

Richard
Sheffield UK

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