Re: Which Windows OS is Safest

From: Balaji Prasad (bp1974_at_comcast.net)
Date: 06/27/04

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    safe and windows dont go together ... :)
    Win2K SP3 without IIS sitting behind an industrial strength FW/IDS
    solution should be safe enough. If you are planning to run Active
    Directory, make sure it is on a separate network segment, properly
    isolated from the one connected to your intranet/internet.

    On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:15:42 +0300, Artturi Lehtiö <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
    >
    >
    >
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