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              | Date: 1999-09-21 
 
 Hack/test live: NT/IIS gegen Linux/Apache-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.-
 
 Zur gefälligen Wahl beim Hacktest von PC Week stehen NT
 plus Microsofts Internet Information Server und Red Hat Linux
 6.0 mit Apache.
 Wer dicke Files nicht scheut, kann dem Axent Intrusion
 detector in Echtzeit beim Mitloggen der Hacks zuschauen
 
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 How do you test security? Install similar applications on two
 operating systems and invite the world to come in. Departing
 from static testing these server are running a real world
 application, based on a classified ad system for a
 newspaper. This will test not only the operating system but
 the entire implementation. For NT this includes ASP, IIS and
 MTS, and SQLServer 7, while Linux will use Apache and
 mod_perl.
 
 IIS on NT VS Apache on Linux. Which combination is more
 secure? Read the backgrounder on the test.
 
 View the Axent NetProwler intrusion detection Logs, in real-
 time
 
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 In a major test of the security of Linux and Windows NT, PC
 Week Labs today threw down the gauntlet to Internet
 hackers, challenging them to break into a Web site,
 http://www.hackpcweek.com, to try to crack each or both of
 the operating systems. The site goes live today for a one-
 month trial.
 
 The site contains near-identical systems, one running
 Windows NT with Internet Information Server (IIS) and the
 other running Red Hat Linux 6.0 with Apache as its web
 server. PC Week Labs created similar classified-ads engine
 applications running on each system. The challenge is to
 break into the site, mark up the home page and steal user
 information from the classified-ads engine.
 
 "Security is extremely important in the Internet environment
 and both Microsoft and the Linux community, via Red Hat,
 boast that their operating systems are secure," noted PC
 Week Labs Director John Taschek.
 
 PC Week Labs will track the number of attempts for each
 operating system and report the results in an upcoming issue
 of PC Week. Additionally, PC Week will issue a prize to
 whomever hacks into the site first. The challenge terminates
 when the first hacker accomplishes any of the test
 challenges.  Winners will receive computer-equipment gift
 certificates of up to $1,000.
 
 "Corporations, financial institutions and government agencies
 are susceptible from attack via the Internet," Taschek said.
 He cited figures from a 1999 survey conducted by the
 Computer Security Institute and the FBI indicating that
 organizations reporting their Internet connection as a frequent
 point of attack rose for the third consecutive year to 57
 percent in 1999 from 37 percent in 1996.  Financial losses
 due to computer security breaches were reported as
 exceeding $100 million this year.
 
 full story
 http://www.linux.com/newsitem.phtml?sid=1\&aid=4195
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 relayed by james@ptm.com via
 jericho@DIMENSIONAL.COM via isn@securityfocus.com
 
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 Jetzt erst recht!
 1000 Sonnen - das Musical zur Wahl
 heiter, sauber, ordentlich
 DrezninMusik MoechelBuch PoschRegie
 Premiere 10. September
 http://1000Sonnen.heimatseite.com/
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 published on: 1999-09-21
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