Technobob Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Apples For The Army Though Apple machines are still pricier than their Windows counterparts, the added security they offer might be worth the cost, says Wallington. He points out that Apple's X Serve servers, which are gradually becoming more commonplace in Army data centers, are proving their mettle. "Those are some of the most attacked computers there are. But the attacks used against them are designed for Windows-based machines, so they shrug them off," he says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 The Xserve is a dated piece of {censored}. Maybe after the update it should be getting soon it will be decent enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 The Xserve is a dated piece of {censored}. Maybe after the update it should be getting soon it will be decent enough. quite true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FavleX Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Why don't use Linux? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Why don't use Linux? I agree. Server Linux has just as good security as Mac OS X (and sometimes better) and you can install it on modern servers, not the outdated Xserves that have been here since the time of the G4s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FavleX Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 a lot of VMware servers running inside a Linux machine what else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 I agree. Server Linux has just as good security as Mac OS X (and sometimes better) and you can install it on modern servers, not the outdated Xserves that have been here since the time of the G4s. sometimes better??? always better, unless you wayyyy misconfigure it. then nah, but really, theyre both quite secure WHEN SET UP PROPERLY if not it doesnt matter you just have to know how to harden the os and ittl be a tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InorganicMatter Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 My dad sent me this article. From what I can tell, they are doing it to have a mixed environment - so that their entire system doesn't go under if it gets hacked. Good idea. always better, unless you wayyyy misconfigure it. then nah, but really, theyre both quite secure WHEN SET UP PROPERLY Any server will be secure when you set it up properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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