[geeks] Advanced Server 2000???

[Lionel Peterson]

> From: patrick at mail.zill.net (Patrick Giagnocavo)
> Date: 2004/10/14 Thu AM 02:05:17 GMT
> To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: Re: [geeks] Advanced Server 2000???
> 
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 01:55:43AM +0000, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> > Came across this quote on a software problem on cnn.com:
> > 
> > <quote>
> > The genesis of the problem was the transition in 2001 by Harris Corp. of the Federal Aviation Administration's Voice Switching Control System from Unix-based servers to Microsoft Corp.'s off-the-shelf Windows Advanced Server 2000.
> 
> I will see your Windows horror story and raise you one:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> The Royal Navy's new, state-of-the-art destroyer has been fitted with
> combat management software that can be hacked into, crashes easily and
> is vulnerable to viruses, according to one of the system's designers
> who was fired after raising his concerns.
> 
> [/snip]
> 
> URL: 
> http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/23.56.html#subj4

Maybe it is the H.M.S. Honeypot, designed to lure cyber hackers into a trap? ;^)