Re: Which Windows OS is Safest

From: Alvin Packard (appredator_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/26/04

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    It's not specifically which is the safest OS, but how you go about securing
    the OS. With any M$ system, you need to secure the system by disabling
    unneeded services, AV protection, firewall, and most of all, user training.
    These will help make any OS secure.

    Alvin Packard, CWNA
    http://www.networksecuritytech.com

    >* Artturi Lehti? (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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