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Re: Which Windows OS is Safest
From: Ranjeet Shetye <ranjeet.shetye2 () zultys com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 10:36:17 -0700
* Barbara Filkins (filkins () impulse net) wrote:
I think just standardizing on one OS goes the most distance to achieving a secure environment.
I have to disagree with this statement. Standardizing on one OS only makes it EASY for an admin to go the most distance. However, SHOULD a breakin happen, and it WILL one day, your homogenous network will be completely at the mercy of the attacker. A Heterogenous network is harder to lock down, and is also harder to take down. classic example: all the elm trees in the 1950s that got infected with some disease and suddenly EVERY suburban area in America went bald.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Boaz" <boclark () cox net> To: <security-basics () securityfocus com> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 9:50 AM Subject: RE: Which Windows OS is SafestWow what timing, I was going to post the following, I have a friend thathasa small business, and is using Win 98 on two machines, Win 2000 pro on two machines, XP Pro on one machine and XP Personal on another. There is a Linux firewall, and the server is running Novell. Since he needs toupgradethe two machines running Win 98, he want to standardize on one OS. He is leaning toward XP. If I am reading the results of this originalpost,Win 2000 Pro (patched to current versions) would be a better choice. Is that correct? If so should he also get rid of XP. This is a businessthatneeds security and confidentiality of files. It is not possible to go to any other OS for the workstations other than Windows. Thank you in advance for any replies. Bo Clark ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Ethical Hacking at the InfoSec Institute. Mention this ad and get $545 off any course! All of our class sizes are guaranteed to be 10 students orlessto facilitate one-on-one interaction with one of our expert instructors. Attend a course taught by an expert instructor with years of in-the-field pen testing experience in our state of the art hacking lab. Master theskillsof an Ethical Hacker to better assess the security of your organization. Visit us at: http://www.infosecinstitute.com/courses/ethical_hacking_training.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethical Hacking at the InfoSec Institute. Mention this ad and get $545 off any course! All of our class sizes are guaranteed to be 10 students or less to facilitate one-on-one interaction with one of our expert instructors. Attend a course taught by an expert instructor with years of in-the-field pen testing experience in our state of the art hacking lab. Master the skills of an Ethical Hacker to better assess the security of your organization. Visit us at: http://www.infosecinstitute.com/courses/ethical_hacking_training.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- Which Windows OS is Safest Artturi Lehtiö (Jun 25)
- RE: Which Windows OS is Safest Benoit Lefebvre (Jun 25)
- RE: Which Windows OS is Safest Jef Feltman (Jun 28)
- Re: Which Windows OS is Safest Ranjeet Shetye (Jun 26)
- RE: Which Windows OS is Safest Boaz (Jun 28)
- RE: Which Windows OS is Safest Kenton Smith (Jun 29)
- RE: Which Windows OS is Safest Chris Moody (Jun 29)
- Re: Which Windows OS is Safest Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (Jun 29)
- Re: Which Windows OS is Safest Barbara Filkins (Jun 29)
- Re: Which Windows OS is Safest Ranjeet Shetye (Jun 30)
- RE: Which Windows OS is Safest Boaz (Jun 28)
- RE: Which Windows OS is Safest Benoit Lefebvre (Jun 25)
- Re: Which Windows OS is Safest Balaji Prasad (Jun 28)
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