[TenTec] SPAM & VIRUSES

[tongaloa]

LARRY GREENBERG, N5BEA wrote:

> The filtering is minimal.  There is no way to gage the amount of 
> unwanted data enter the Linux based servers.  They are resistant to 
> infections but when infected, fixes are usually non-existent.  This 
> means hard disk formatting and redundant systems to facilitate minimum 
> down time at xx thousand dollars per hour. 

I'm no Linux bigot. I run Solaris and W2K as well :-)
With appropriate logging and interpretation of the logs. Virtually all 
of which may be
automated, there is nothing that can happen to a Unix and little to a 
W2K system
that the administrator may not uncover and fix.
Whether he can or not is another story.
Large hardware investment does not imply adequate administration...


|  Linux is a great system. I use it for many operations.  I believe 
Mapper was tremendous, the answer to all problems |  when Sperry 
developed it back in the 80's .  Do you recall the name  of the 
Operating System developed for DEC?


Which one?
VMS, Ultrix, one of the multitude of DOS's or RTOS's ???

Personally I like BSD unix for network operations.

-t