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Re: [NTSEC] Re: General Question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Germann)
Tue Oct 8 16:08:14 1996
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 13:24:48 -0400
To: Roberto Galoppini <rgaloppini@tim.it>
From: Eric Germann <ekgermann@cctec.com>
Cc: Mike Earnshaw <bigvern@ozemail.com.au>, www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu,
ntsecurity@iss.net
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
At 04:22 PM 10/8/96 +0200, Roberto Galoppini wrote:
>Mike Earnshaw wrote:
>
><snip>
>> 2. I have been tasked with setting up our companies Intranet/Internet
>> connection, whilst I am fairly confident with Windows NT, I know very
>> little about WWW Security. Bearing in mind point one above, what
>> considerations should I bear in mind when connecting our Intranet to the
>> Internet with NT v4.0 ( is v3.51 better ?) and Catapult.
>
>Mhh.. NT v4.0 is that MICROSOFT product that allows UP TO TEN
>connections, isn't it? Why don't you have a look at the "MS NT
>Workstation 4.0 License Maintains Socket Limitation" by Tim O'Reilly
>(http://software.ora.com/news/msnt40_limit.html).
>
He says nothing about server and workstation. He asks specifically about
4.0. More to the point, Catapult only runs on NT Server, so the above
article has absolutely no bearing.
This "I hate MS because they chose their licensing terms" mantra is getting
old. When developing Web sites, the $400 difference between the two OS
versions is peanuts compared to the cost of connectivity and the other
associated soft costs. Its their product to license as they wish. If you
don't like the license, don't buy the product. Period.
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