Enhancing Network Security And Performance Using Linux Solutions

"In terms of security and man-hours to keep the network up and running, Linux is invaluable," Smith said. "Patches in the Linux world both work and leave the machine fully functional. That has not been my experience in the Windows world, where on many occasions I've had to back out a patch to regain functionality and on at least a few occasions cratered a machine by applying a patch. . . . "In terms of security and man-hours to keep the network up and running, Linux is invaluable," Smith said. "Patches in the Linux world both work and leave the machine fully functional. That has not been my experience in the Windows world, where on many occasions I've had to back out a patch to regain functionality and on at least a few occasions cratered a machine by applying a patch.

"In short, converting to Linux has allowed our lab to go from saying, 'Sorry, we do not have funding to provide that' to saying, 'We can do that.'"

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