Windows vs. Linux security

Matthew Carpenter matt
Mon May 17 11:59:06 PDT 2004


harley7 at mnsi.net wrote:

>Here's a nice explanation of the flaws in Windows' design vs. the Unix
>design.
>http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1505008,00.asp
>
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>
While I'm usually first in line to sing the praises of Linux and Unix 
security, I sure wish we could beat this 64k limit on users and groups.  
If integrating to NDS, they can have millions of ID's.  How do I deal 
with authentication against that?  Well, manually you can be sure.  That 
stinks.



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