Re: Which Router for VPN and Webhosting

From: BC (bconneely_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/17/03

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    Date: 17 Sep 2003 07:48:45 -0700

    "David" <davidwnh@adelphia.net> wrote in message news:<wdS9b.276$iT4.156970@news1.news.adelphia.net>...
    > That is simply untrue. Win 9x's immunity to "Blaster-type" attacks has to do
    > with it not having DCOM. And you can disable dcom without adverse affects on
    > most home use 2k and XP machines. And for the machines where you can't, it
    > is usually because it is being used for something which 9x machines can't
    > do. You can set up a standalone 2k or XP box to have no listening services
    > on your exposed adapters just like 98.

    I almost forgot to comment on this. You right, sort of, in
    regards to Blaster-type exploits, but you've also proven my point
    about Win98/95 security versus Win2K/XP. With the former you
    already have some inherent protection and just need to add some
    3rd party stuff to really enhance it, but with the latter you're
    already having to screw with disabling low level functions that
    Microsoft doesn't want you to touch and which may cause flaky
    behavior:

    http://ntbugtraq.ntadvice.com/default.asp?sid=1&pid=47&aid=77

    And the fact that Microsoft felt compelled to hide all their
    Microsoft.com servers behind Akamai's caching Linux servers in
    response to the Blaster worm should tell you all you need to
    know about Windows 2000/XP/2003's security.

    So there....

    -BC

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