Microsoft Apologist Apologizes for Microsoft 446
hillbilly1980 writes "Internet Week has published a counter article in response to the number of anti-monoculture security papers recently published. Unfortunately the author starts out by writing off the other papers as simply anti-Microsoft, unfortunate because his paper never gets past being more then just pro-Microsoft. One of his suggestions to secure your enterprise... turn off port 80." Probably the best thing to do to prevent disinformation from entering your company is to block articles by Rob Enderle. Update: 10/11 00:54 GMT by M : Note for the record that the original version of the article referred to blocking port 80; the article has now been edited to refer to port 135.
Bah! (Score:5, Funny)
That's nothing. To be *really* secure I just don't even turn my computer on!
Turning off port 80. (Score:3, Funny)
He seems to be suggesting (Score:3, Funny)
Or am I just reading that wrong?
KFG
Re:Bah! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Michael is a hippie. (Score:5, Funny)
He probably has a stuffed penguin as a technical advisor, and I'd also bet that his technical advisor frequently gets pins stuck in him.
Real Security (Score:2, Funny)
Re:port 135, not port 80 (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Funny (Score:2, Funny)
Oh! We're talking about Windows. Maybe learning assembler is easier...
Of course (Score:2, Funny)
Great idea. Let me make sure everything is off in my lab. Let me also ask management of my institute to file for bankruptcy while I am at it. I am sure they will thank me for making our network absolutely safe.
Good point (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Funny (Score:3, Funny)
Great idea! After I get done with that, I think I'll teach the users the difference between real error messages and banner ads.....