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Just curious what do you think these "perimeter" devices are running?

Some OS can be hardened to withstand maximum network saturation on DOS attacks and not go down. Every OS is different and has its strengths and weaknesses. This is more then a matter of an opinion poll, they are just not the same things in different packaging. It is a matter of choosing the right tool for the right job based on the needs of the specific situation.

FYI...Ford vs Chevy is an intentionally flawed example, Ford/Chevy/GM vs Toyota/Honda would be much more appropriate. Two very different approaches, with different goals and different outcomes. You'd have your head in a hole not to decide between the merits of both when buying a new car, same with a computer. They all have their strengths and weaknesses. Everyone should just decide what is best for their needs, not which is best for everybody else.
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Ever wonder why?  Graham Fluet | 02/06/07
Notice, thse servers do NOT run Windows.  DonnieBoy | 02/07/07
Notice these (sic) servers do NOT run Mac OS X Server  Confused by religion | 02/07/07
Stupid Responses  Free_Thinker | 02/07/07
Re: Stupid Responses  Uncle Buck | 02/07/07
My retort was a rebuke to DonnieBoy...  Confused by religion | 02/07/07
Umm...  jjarman | 02/07/07
not so much...  doas777 | 02/07/07
huh? attack doesn't vary but response and ability to handel does!  jjarman | 02/07/07
Thanks. There are some think you could throw up any old OS and it would not  DonnieBoy | 02/07/07
Oh puh-LEEZE!  James T. Kirk | 02/07/07
poor janeway and cisco...  jjarman | 02/07/07
So, in your opinion...  Confused by religion | 02/07/07
Jeez, Milly... it was a joke.  James T. Kirk | 02/07/07
My bad!  Confused by religion | 02/07/07
Excuse me, the OS for a critical part of the internet is VERY important,  DonnieBoy | 02/07/07
I agree.  swoopee | 02/08/07
OSX would make a great server OS for DNS, but there is limited hardware  DonnieBoy | 02/07/07
These servers run...  ehwood | 02/10/07
What the servers run...  Raymond Danner | 02/07/07
o.s. obsession/prejudice  RDrr | 02/07/07
A practice run?  the_doge | 02/07/07
TCP/IP  doas777 | 02/07/07
Practice Run  shealanon@... | 02/07/07
DRDoS  ehwood | 02/10/07
Thank you , Z-Dnet, ...  bob in FL | 02/07/07
CNET is NOT a real-time monitoring site  sfortuna@... | 02/07/07
Michael A. Redwine  michael.redwine@... | 02/07/07
So what is a work around?  LittleGuy | 02/07/07
won't work  doas777 | 02/07/07
Alternate DNS Service?  pj_mouse | 02/07/07
Nope, they too have to get the updated information from the root servers.  DonnieBoy | 02/07/07
...my ISP's DNS has too many problems.  swoopee | 02/08/07
THE SERVER ATTACK COULD BE STOPPED  BALTHOR | 02/07/07
contraversy  doas777 | 02/07/07
The UN could pass a resolution... next year NT  rgranger | 02/07/07
Lordy, lordy...  Mr_Wizard | 02/07/07
Suppose the servers do go down.  interested_amateur@... | 02/07/07
DNS is a distributed system  swoopee | 02/08/07
pretty much  kamahl928 | 02/08/07
DNS under attack all the time  Sxooter_z | 02/09/07

What do you think?

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