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Windows Vista current flaws
From: "Jon Lawhead" <samurai () berkeley edu>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:00:52 -0700
Greetings all,I work in Network Security for UC Berkeley's residence halls. We have a list of several "minimum security standards" that we require all connected computers to meet before being allowed access to the network (stuff like having a firewall program, antivirus, etc). One of the standards involves having the latest patched version of a secure operating system. I have a user on the network who wishes to run a (legitimately acquired, or so he says) version of Windows Vista beta version. Before I decide on this, I wanted opinions on whether or not this is a good idea. My first instinct is to disallow any beta operating systems simply on the grounds that they'll be buggy by definition and may potentially have serious security flaws, but I can't find anything to back this up. Just wondering if I could get a few opinions on whether or not this is a good idea. Thanks!
Jon Lawhead Network Security Coordinator Residential Computing University of California, Berkeley
Current thread:
- Windows Vista current flaws Jon Lawhead (Sep 27)
- Re: Windows Vista current flaws Micheal Espinola Jr (Sep 28)
- Re: Windows Vista current flaws Sean Earp (Sep 28)
- RE: Windows Vista current flaws Joe_Wulf (Sep 28)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Windows Vista current flaws Roger A. Grimes (Sep 28)
- RE: Windows Vista current flaws Lance.Druger (Sep 28)
- Re: Windows Vista current flaws DMORROW5 (Sep 28)
- RE: Windows Vista current flaws Kofron, Matt (Sep 28)
- RE: Windows Vista current flaws Lance.Druger (Sep 28)
- RE: Windows Vista current flaws Burton Strauss (Sep 30)
- RE: Windows Vista current flaws Cony Zhou 周圣 (Sep 30)
(Thread continues...)
- Re: Windows Vista current flaws Micheal Espinola Jr (Sep 28)