You mean that the Windows version actually bases its authentication on something more robust than the source IP, a low port number, and who you claim to be and that it doesn't send potentially sensitive traffic over the wire in the clear?

Update: And as for being part of the OS, this and some other googling seem to indicate that it's not a part of the stock install and only available as part of the Services for UNIX add-on (Vista and on at least). If you've got to install something, then again it's better to install something that's not a gaping hole than the gaping hole that's on the second install CD.

Update: And this isn't just run-of-the-mill anti-Windows bigotry, it's that any installation of any of the ancient r-programs is an invitation to fail.

(Not that the sheer Wintendo-try in that they don't ship anything better by default isn't just icing on the cake, mind you. :)

The cake is a lie.
The cake is a lie.
The cake is a lie.

In reply to Re^4: Windows Service Pack Information by Fletch
in thread Windows Service Pack Information by martymart

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