RE: Which Windows OS is Safest

["MARTIN M. Bénoni" <benoni_martin () hotmail com>]

Well, I am running Win2K3 since 2 months, and really it seems to be more 
secure than NT! W2K is quite good, nevertheless! :)

Not only components as IIS 6.0 have been rewrited, but many other tools have 
been added as the possibility to create server's certificate. No Dr watson 
all the time...a dream! :)

I've just learned NT's support with the above mail (thanks Seb.! : )) seems 
to be dropped down...Microsoft gives up releasing NT's patchs all the time 
?? :)

Hopefully for hackers, there is still people who do not understand the 
meanings of "update", "new release", ...


> From: "ANDRIEU Sebastien (Neuilly Gestion)" <sebastien.andrieu () cetelem fr>
> To: 'MARTIN M. Bénoni' <benoni_martin () hotmail com>,        
> CarrollM () wclc com, artturi () vidafalt com,        
> security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: RE: Which Windows OS is Safest
> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:05:17 +0200
>
> Totally agree with Benoni...
>
> Even if Windows NT with his last SP is quite stable, it's not really 
> secured
> !! Most of the security holes are applicative (IIS 4 is the perfect
> example...). A lot of services are turned on by default too...
>
> Windows 2000 is quite more secured, since the SP2...
>
> We use more and more Windows 2003 which provides a lot of security
> improvements. IIS 6, no useless services turned on by default, applicative
> stacks much more secured (rewritten code).
>
> I recommend a lot Windows 2003.
>
> Note that Microsoft stops is technical support on Windows NT at the end of
> this month, witch means : no more hotfixes, no more SP, no more technical
> assistance. Isn't it a good  reason to stop the use of Windows NT 4.0 ?????
>
> Have a good day folks ! :)
>
> Sébastien Andrieu
> Administration Windows
> Euroatrium / Le Touzet
> ( 01.49.21.32.34 (3-3234)
> * sebastien.andrieu () cetelem fr
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MARTIN M. Bénoni [mailto:benoni_martin () hotmail com]
> Sent: lundi 28 juin 2004 14:05
> To: CarrollM () wclc com; artturi () vidafalt com;
> security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: RE: Which Windows OS is Safest
>
> Humm...I cannot understand hom people can still talk about NT when there 
> are
>
> at least W2K boxes since a while, and Win2K3! NT has got a lot of bugs (6
> SPs!! ), and I think at least a whole which cannot be patched! Why NT is
> still in admin's minds???
>
>
> >From: Michael Carroll <CarrollM () wclc com>
> >To: 'Artturi Lehtiö' <artturi () vidafalt com>,"Mailing List, Security 
> Basics"
>
> ><security-basics () securityfocus com>
> >Subject: RE: Which Windows OS is Safest
> >Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 15:07:23 -0500
> >
> >Safest is more of a situational point of view.  Depending on the
> >applications,(uses), that the systems will be used for and what
> >functionality is required.  From my experience, WindowsNT 4.0 (and 
> Service
> >Pack 6a) allowed our organization to implement stable, reliable and 
> secure
> >machines.  Of course you will have to harden the OS by disabling
> >non-essential services within NT, but a quick search on Google or MS's
> >support site will provide you with a variety of hardening guides to
> >accomplish this task.
> >
> >HTH.
> >
> >Michael
> >
> >carrollm () wclc com
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Artturi Lehtiö [mailto:artturil () yahoo co uk]
> >Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 2:16 AM
> >To: Mailing List, Security Basics
> >Subject: Which Windows OS is Safest
> >
> >
> >  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
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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