RE: Items within XP SP2 and Win2003

From: Whittlesey, Steve (swhittle_at_ball.com)
Date: 09/24/04

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     XP SP2 is really moving XP closer to the Windows 2003 security model.
    But, it's still an apples-to-oranges comparison.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Harlan Carvey [mailto:keydet89@yahoo.com]
    Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 7:56 PM
    To: James Bowman; focus-ms@securityfocus.com
    Subject: Re: Items within XP SP2 and Win2003

    James,

    I think you're really going out on a limb here with your assumptions
    about the correlations between XP SP
    2 and 2K3. I don't think that there is a one-to-one comparison.
     
    > Is their a set of hotfixes needed for 2003 that make it comprable in
    > features / overall security posture to XP SP2?
    >
    > Although there's probably a bevy of XP SP2 items embedded in 2003, I
    > would imagine there's a bunch that's not...
    >
    > Thanks
    >
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