RE: Which Windows OS is Safest

From: MARTIN M. Bénoni (benoni_martin_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/28/04

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    To: CarrollM@wclc.com, artturi@vidafalt.com, security-basics@securityfocus.com
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:05:15 +0000

    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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