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 With the launch of Microsoft's latest OS, Windows Server 2003 (formerly .NET), they are boasting it's "Out of the Box" security. And as we all know, this is an area that Windows has been lacking in for years. The odd thing is that someone finally put it to MS in a way that made sense, and Windows 2K3 will not have every service available installed and loaded (and leaving a hackable port open) by default.
Of course, this is nothing new to Mac and Linux users.
The Red Hat Linux installation asks you what services you want to install, and then gives you three firewall options: "I can't even get in", "Access only to my services", and "Hack me please" (The actual verbiage is different, but you get the point). The initial setup is usually very secure, depending on the options you choose. With the exception of Sendmail, which is almost always installed by default (and has known security issues), it gives you incredible security upon your first boot-up. The built-in firewall, IPTables, is extremely secure and very customizable - which most Linux people love. The firewall is fairly easy to modify via the GUI tools.
One the other hand, Mac OS X seems to be the most secure operating system for an end user - out of the box and beyond. No external services are running upon installation, and they are installed with a single click (usually, and some tweaking may be in order as well). Just one more click and you have opened the proper ports in your firewall. Mac OS X is a lot like Red Hat in this regard, there is just A LOT less tweaking involved.
For more info, check out this review of Microsoft Windows Server 2003. |
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April 28 2003, 9:51 AM EDT, by
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Sometimes you have to be careful when selecting a new name for yourself. For instance, let's say you have chosen the nickname "Fly Head." Normally you would think that "fly Head" would mean a person who has beautiful swept-back features, as if flying through the air. But think again. Couldn't it also mean "having a head like a fly"? I'm afraid some people might actually think that.
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