RE: Which Windows OS is Safest
From: Michael Carroll (CarrollM_at_wclc.com)
Date: 06/28/04
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To: QMARTIN_M=2E_B=E9noni=27?= <benoni_martin@hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 08:08:04 -0500
First off, I'm not an admin, but an I.S. Auditor. Since NT does not support
USB functionality, there is no risk of said devices being used on an NT box
(which isn't the case w/2k). Also, NT is far more reliable than 2K and is
designed to be a workhorse. If you examine the patches during the past
year, the majority of them apply to Windows products that support all sorts
of end user multimedia/user friendly functions, not required to perform
normal/acceptable work place related functions.
Remember, the question was what Windows OS was safest. If you cannot offer
suggestive solutions, please don't waste mine or other's time with pointless
back of the classroom remarks; I get enough useless mail as it is.
Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
From: MARTIN M. Bénoni [mailto:benoni_martin@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 7:05 AM
To: Michael Carroll; 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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