Re: [Nolug] Radius & Tacacs+

From: Dustin Puryear <dustin_at_puryear-it.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:24:13 -0600
Message-ID: <496F632D.4040601@puryear-it.com>

I'm not sure what adware has to do with AD? That's like not running
OpenLDAP because of the Morris worm.

I would be interested in hearing Shannon's reasons why AD is bad. I'm
always interested in hearing the pros and cons of various directory
products.

Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 01/15/09 10:04, Shannon Roddy wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Dustin Puryear
>> <dustin@puryear-it.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Normally, if a shop is just anti-AD, then I may see something like:
>>>
>>>
>> There are more reasons not to use AD than just being anti-AD.
>>
>
> Being pro-security?
>
> (This, while focused on the desktop, is a pretty damning of Windows.)
>
> http://philosecurity.org/2009/01/12/interview-with-an-adware-author
>
> S: In your professional opinion, how can people avoid adware?
>
> M: Um, run UNIX.
>

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