You simply MUST click through!!
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| dinotrac Apr 23, 2006 7:30 AM EDT |
Paul Thurrott's article must be read. This is a Microsoft loving Windows gear-head bashing Vista (and Microsoft along the way) better than 99% of Linux advocates can. There is something to be said for understanding the beast you are beating. As to SVN's amazement over wiping boxes to the metal, I don't think that's a Windows-only thing. When security matters, best practice has always been to wipe out a rooted box, and reinstall from a verifiably trustworthy source. It's entirely possible that the whole process is easier and more reliable in Unix land, but I think the advice still holds. Sort of makes intrusion prevention (ie, the Unix approach) vs intrusion clean-up (the more typical Windows approach) look a lot better, though, don't it? |
| mvermeer Apr 23, 2006 11:11 AM EDT |
As to SVN's amazement over wiping boxes to the metal, I don't think
that's a Windows-only thing. When security matters, best practice has always
been to wipe out a rooted box, and reinstall from a verifiably trustworthy source. Just what I was thinking too... luckily never happened (yet) to me. /me knocking wood. |
| dinotrac Apr 23, 2006 11:45 AM EDT |
Martin... Hope it never does happen to you!! And why would you want to knock my head...unless you're referring to some other source of wood... |
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