Security of Open Source ASP Implementations

[Leigh Honeywell]

On 2/24/06, Ken Burtch <kburtch-Zd07PnzKK1IAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I had a job interview yesterday with a well-known Toronto non-profit
> organization.  They had been running Linux but had decided to outsource
> their IT requirements to Bell (or a Bell affiliate).  As part of the
> deal, the organization is required to switch to all Microsoft products
> and Active Server Pages.  This is partly because Bell has a business
> agreement with Microsoft not to support rival products like Linux.  But
> when asked about open source ASP products, the organization was told
> that they were "insecure".
>
> Just curious but does anyone know anything about security issues
> regarding any of the open source ASP implementations?  Say, versus
> Microsoft ASP (that is, IIS)?
>
> Ken B.

That's... absurd.  I know Fusepoint's pro services people do Linux
support.  They're partly owned by Bell.

Though they insist on using sendmail, yeetch.

-Leigh
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