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from: Randy H
date: 2003-01-24 22:05:48
subject: Re: MS learns security

From: "Randy H" 

"If you're going to play in the big leagues, you better learn big
league rules."

I wonder if MSFT today is where IBM was in the mid-80s....

"Geo."  wrote in message
news:3e31f7b0$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/29006.html
>
> [...]
>
> Windows Server 2003 will see more than 20 features such as Internet
> Information Services (IIS) that come "turned-on" out of the box in the
> current product, "switched-off". Leaving these features
turned-on places
the
> obligation on users to disable them, many of who don't and who leave a
back
> door open to hackers, viruses and systems instabilities such as buffer
> over-runs. Nash claimed 95% of system breaches are the result of
> misconfiguration by users.
>
> Nash added Internet Explorer's out-of-the box functionality would also be
> limited. "A lot of work has gone into turning things off," Nash said.
>
> [...]
>
> it's a good start.
>
> Geo.
>
>

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