I'm neither pro-Microsoft nor anti-Unix, but let's clear the air here:

NT is no more or less susceptible to viruses and hackers than any other
platform out there, regardless of what Unix or Windows users tell you.  For
as many Microsoft hacks out there, I can give you an equal amount of Unix
hacks.

So before you start proceeding down one platform with this idea that another
platform is somehow going to greatly reduce the amount of security risk:
think again.  Just because the windows hacks appear to be getting the bulk
of the publicity right now does not make it any more susceptible to attack.


----- Original Message -----
From: "MacLeod, William" <WMacleod(at)innotrac.com>
To: "'Victor Daniel a.k.a the MacNut'" <macnut(at)pro-usa.net>;
<hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 4:52 PM
Subject: RE: Is ASP the Only Way?


> Yes, there is a solution.  It's called Silver Stream.
> http://www.silverstream.com.  It is a Java based Web Applications Server
> specifically designed for E-Commerce.
>
> We use it for large sites at my company, but for smaller sites we still
rely
> on ASP/Site Server.
>
> William MacLeod
> Innotrac Corporation
> Sr. Web Architect
> (p)678.584.4006
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Victor Daniel a.k.a the MacNut [mailto:macnut(at)pro-usa.net]
> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 2:26 PM
> To: hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org
> Subject: Is ASP the Only Way?
>
>
> I'm taking a class in e-commerce (part of finishing up my Bachelor's
> degree), and there are exercises to do that involve building a
> working e-commerce site. A  lot of the customizable elements of the
> pages will be done in ASP.
>
> Now, I'm just learning about ASP, but one of the things I've learned
> about it is that it works best on Windows servers running IIS
> (Internet Information Server). Because of IIS's vulnerabilities and
> that of Windows Internet servers in general (crashing, highly
> susceptible to viruses and hackers, etc.) for future reference, I'd
> like to know of any alternatives to ASP that will run on Unix servers
> (PHP, perhaps?).
>
> Thanks in advance,
> --
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