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Re: Windows Server 2003 - Not secure from my test but OSX from Mac is secure from the start
From: Sebastian Schneider <ses () straightliners de>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 01:30:45 +0200
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Secure and security are completly different things. As far as I remember, there are several flaws in the software shipped with MacOS X. I guess you might remember the last three security updates. If not try running the Software Update panel. The concealment of ports is not really meaningful, since security is more than about if port scans succeed or fail. I guess, there will be some more flaws within that operating system. By the way, when having physical access to an Apple running MacOS X everything's so easy. All you need is inserting the MacOS X setup CD and welcome to wonderland. Even booting into single-user mode if helpful much often. Thanks to Apple. Sebastian On Friday 12 September 2003 22:58, Randy Opper wrote:
The new G4 & G5 boxs that I am running are very secure. I have run over 10 different scans from different sources and everyone shows that the system ports are stealth or not reporting. This machine has not had one change since I have installed the OS. In fact I have the apache web server running and the ftp server running and shield up at grc shows the box secure. I am impressed, compared to my new 2003 server which is wide open even though I have not activated any services. Randy On Thursday, September 11, 2003, at 08:32 PM, Rick Hale wrote:If anyone knows of a system that is secure out of the box, let us know right away. Otherwise we will continue assuming that it is an impossibility.i am going to rant. the whole notion of a system, secure out of the box, is make-believe. to those who seek such a thing, i have this to say to you - you are wrong to assume it will either be black, or it will be white. are you failing to understand, you have to USE that system!?!? users, businesses, governments, educational institutions, whatever... all have different needs. it is foolish to assume Bill Gates, Linus Torvalds, Steve Jobs, <insert your sectarianly bigoted OS here> can say kazaam, and *poof* ship you a 100%, absolutely secure, unhackable system. if that were possible, there would be no need for IT professionals. i happen to agree with the previous poster's comment wrt openbsd; it is currently the most security minded, publically available, OS. -rik ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Captus Networks Are you prepared for the next Sobig & Blaster? - Instantly Stop DoS/DDoS Attacks, Worms & Port Scans - Precisely Define and Implement Network Security - Automatically Control P2P, IM and Spam Traffic FIND OUT NOW - FREE Vulnerability Assessment Toolkit http://www.captusnetworks.com/ads/42.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Captus Networks Are you prepared for the next Sobig & Blaster? - Instantly Stop DoS/DDoS Attacks, Worms & Port Scans - Precisely Define and Implement Network Security - Automatically Control P2P, IM and Spam Traffic FIND OUT NOW - FREE Vulnerability Assessment Toolkit http://www.captusnetworks.com/ads/42.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
- -- Sebastian Schneider straightLiners IT Consulting & Services Metzer Str. 12 13595 Berlin Germany Fon: +49-30-3510-6168 Fax: +49-30-3510-6169 www.straightliners.de -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/YlclQ7mOWZBxbPcRAtgzAJ98DbG6g9kx9jBd/OmMLw4H5HomLgCfW/ro kUsytiEy/PtzH7j1d1jmNmY= =nb+W -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Captus Networks Are you prepared for the next Sobig & Blaster? - Instantly Stop DoS/DDoS Attacks, Worms & Port Scans - Precisely Define and Implement Network Security - Automatically Control P2P, IM and Spam Traffic FIND OUT NOW - FREE Vulnerability Assessment Toolkit http://www.captusnetworks.com/ads/42.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- AW: Windows Server 2003 Meidinger Chris (Sep 11)
- Re: Windows Server 2003 @Lx (Sep 11)
- Re: Windows Server 2003 Rick Hale (Sep 12)
- Re: Windows Server 2003 - Not secure from my test but OSX from Mac is secure from the start Randy Opper (Sep 12)
- Re: Windows Server 2003 - Not secure from my test but OSX from Mac is secure from the start Sebastian Schneider (Sep 15)
- Re: Windows Server 2003 Rick Hale (Sep 12)
- Re: Windows Server 2003 @Lx (Sep 11)