Re: Which Windows OS is Safest

From: Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (bugtraq_at_planetcobalt.net)
Date: 06/29/04

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    Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 02:04:16 +0200
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com

    On 2004-06-28 Boaz wrote:
    > Wow what timing, I was going to post the following, I have a friend
    > that has a small business, and is using Win 98 on two machines, Win
    > 2000 pro on two machines, XP Pro on one machine and XP Personal on
    > another. There is a Linux firewall, and the server is running Novell.
    > Since he needs to upgrade the two machines running Win 98, he want to
    > standardize on one OS.
    >
    > He is leaning toward XP. If I am reading the results of this original
    > post, Win 2000 Pro (patched to current versions) would be a better
    > choice. Is that correct? If so should he also get rid of XP. This
    > is a business that needs security and confidentiality of files.

    Whether to go for XP or 2000 is IMHO a question of personal taste. I
    would prefer Windows 2000, since I find the urge to activate XP quite
    annoying. OTOH the lifecyle of 2000 will most likely expire earlier than
    the XP lifecycle (see [1] for details), so support will last longer.

    If you go for XP: use XP Pro, not XP Home. It's a lot less painful in
    administration.

    [1] http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/default.mspx

    Regards
    Ansgar Wiechers

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