Re: Preventing OS updates through a managed network?

From: aagis (aagis_at_--delme--.noc.ntua.gr)
Date: 03/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:15:31 +0200

Don't be so sure mate, even the most advanced and
carefull users get hacked.

BTW security holes is generic software problem,
maybe it is that you know only ms products that
makes you think it is related with newsgroup hostess
in specific.

Ah, one more thing, firewalls have holes too:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.witty.worm.html

anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:

> So much for Microsoft for help and my system is not virus
> ridden the only issues of security come from the massive
> holes left in the OS by Microsoft, and to allow access
> through the firewall with no possibility to access other
> resources which can become compromised should be no
> problem at all.
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>news:11b2901c41035$32022910$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>>>I am using my personal laptop with XP for consulting
>>>work, my client is a huge fortune 500 company and does
>>>updates of its desktop systems all the time.
>>>
>>>I want to have internet access only and do not want
>
> them
>
>>>to modify or update my system in anyway through their
>>>network updates...How can I accomplish this?
>>>
>>
>>Before you will be allowed to attached your unknown
>
> unmanaged , possibly
>
>>unsecured and virus ridden laptop to there tightly
>
> controlled and managed
>
>>network you will have to be approved by various routes.
>
> One of these will
>
>>probably involve the IT department. Your questions
>
> about what you can and
>
>>cannot do etc will be best answered by them due to the
>
> specific nature of
>
>>your situation.
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>>
>>Mike
>>--
>>Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
>>
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>
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>
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>>
>><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>news:11b2901c41035$32022910$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>>>I am using my personal laptop with XP for consulting
>>>work, my client is a huge fortune 500 company and does
>>>updates of its desktop systems all the time.
>>>
>>>I want to have internet access only and do not want
>
> them
>
>>>to modify or update my system in anyway through their
>>>network updates...How can I accomplish this?
>>>
>>>Thank you
>>
>>
>>.
>>

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