Re: Which Windows OS is Safest

[Ranjeet Shetye <ranjeet.shetye2 () zultys com>]

* Artturi Lehti? (artturil () yahoo co uk) wrote:
>  I would like to know what is regarded as the safest Windows OS as I need to
> set up a few new computers for system administrators to use and I would like
> to use a Windows OS as the system administrators who will be using the
> computers have only experience with Windows. I know that the wisest thing to
> do wouold be to teach them how to use another OS like OpenBSD but it isn't
> possible.
>
>  Thanks.
>
>  Artturi Lehtiö
>  artturi.lehtio () vidafalt com

The safest MS OS is the one that is not booted up :D

But seriously, I think Win2k is pretty good and Win2003 is supposed to
be locked down very well. Despite all this, MS systems are still prone
to the fundamental issue that MS issues patches at its OWN pace, and
not at your pace.

Look into Knoppix, it is a Linux distro that boots from a CD and uses
KDE to present a very windows-like experience.

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Ranjeet Shetye
Senior Software Engineer
Zultys Technologies
Ranjeet dot Shetye at Zultys dot com
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