while there's a lot of alking about journalism in the weblogs (and actually, yesterday i was interviewed by falter journalist thomas prlic about weblogs, too), i am pretty concerned about the security of my own server.

while just recently being thinking that running windows nt is similar to walking the tightrope while juggling lemmings, i now must realize that linux comes along in swiss cheese's clothes, full of security holes. furthermore, it seems as if a rather exotic installation of windows together with apache is a less interesting target than a common linux installation... at least for those penguin-loving pimple kids. kuriousity killed the kid!

whatever exactly happened to langreiter.com (promising design. btw), rinner.st and floritz.at – it scares me (well, sort of).

sure, i would like to be able to patch my system myself to avoid caring about most malicious attacks. trouble is, i am not a sysadmin and don't tend to become one. nevertheless, i want to run my own server. if this sounds like a contradiction to you think about the following: it's a justified demand. after e-mail, homepages and weblogs, the johns and jennies sixpack also want to use their own servers. and they won't bother themselves with security issues. the distributors better might take care that they install a secure system from the beginning including the right updates afterwards. computer security is an important issue. but as with everything, make things simple is a valid slogan here, too.

for my personal laymanship concerning currently setting-up a low-risk online server, i wish somebody would take me by my sticky hand and guide me through the jungle of ssl, certificates and some minor general security fixes. wink, wink, nudge, nudge!

(unfortunately, i cannot afford a real expert...)

à propos linux distributors: i'll have to add some more ranting words about them, soon.