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In article <a91e9t827f34p43tdnas40k1ug645ngk3q@4ax.com>,
 <rtoledo_re_mo_ve_to_send_me_email@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
>	The first CLASS action suit that brings home the bacon against
>companies like M$ for "DEFAULTING" their software to scream out I'm
>here will make all these companies even Linux distributors think twice
>about their default settings before shipping!  M$ is by far the worse
>and in a class by themselves, but then they are the people that
>started the "passport"  system where they can now keep an eye on you
>across many servers with their *unique* machine ID they are creating,

The defaults that MS uses are actually pretty reasonable compared
with most of the Unix variants when installed out of the box.  For
example, SunOS 4.1.4 has a "+" in /etc/hosts.equiv (!) when installed
fresh off the CD (not to mention a ton of other holes that need to
be patched).  Just about every Linux distribution runs a bunch of
services out of the box, including sendmail and NFS, which aren't
necessary for many home users and which certainly shouldn't be run
if they aren't needed and explicity configured.

>I hope good software migrates to Linux SOON so we the people of the
>world can send a quiet message to Redmond once and for all! but Linux
>without quality software is useless for the masses!  I know I'm OT
>again! when I rant I rant

I like Linux, but I would not argue that the out-of-the-box
(figuratively speaking) security in most of the common distributions
(Slackware, Redhat, etc.) is any better than that of any recent MS
product.

(Though I would agree that it can be made to be more secure with
a little work.)