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Re: Win 2000 any better?
From: Mikael Olsson <mikael.olsson () enternet se>
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 14:00:33 +0100
I'd just like to point out a couple of things regarding security here... 1. Win2000 might have more nifty security policies and editors in place, but that does not constitute security in and of itself. 2. Most attacks that we see today have NOTHING to do with setting object-based security in operating systems. 3. Most attacks today are based on BUGS in the operating systems and applications. 4. The average programmer goofs up (causes a bug) on average in 1-3 places per 1000 lines of code. 5. Win2000 introduces some 15 million (more? little less?) lines of new code. 6. Go figure what's secure or not until it's been running for a while and a couploe of one hundred new bugs have been found and corrected. Phil Cox wrote:
On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, REID FOX wrote:I am getting ready to set up a small LAN w/www access I need compatability and price for an Internet cafe so I decided to start with NT Has anyone had any experience with WIN2000? Is it any better/worse/same as NT for security issues?Pure Win2K is much tighter than a corresponding WinNT net, BUT as with all Windows systems, you mess up just a little bit, and your toast :) I have been running it for a while. Phil
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Current thread:
- Re: Win 2000 any better? REID FOX (Nov 01)
- Re: Win 2000 any better? David LeBlanc (Nov 06)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Win 2000 any better? Mikael Olsson (Nov 05)
- Re: Win 2000 any better? Gene C. (Nov 06)
- RE: Win 2000 any better? Henry Sieff (Nov 07)
- RE: Win 2000 any better? Russ (Nov 07)
- Re: Win 2000 any better? REID FOX (Nov 08)