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Message-ID: <001b01c40c23$c8731370$b900a8c0@LUFKIN.DPSOL.COM> From: purdy at tecman.com (Curt Purdy) Subject: [inbox] Re: Re: Microsoft Security, baby steps ? Geoincidents wrote: > to secure 2000 without using the network and windowsupdate: > > install 2000 > sp4 > Windows2000-KB823559-x86-ENU.exe <unbelievably big snip> > Q832894.exe > > NT4 is even worse and before they are allowed to completely > drop support for > NT4 they should at least have the decency to do a rollup of > all the patches > so it's left in some sort of workable condition for those who aren't > upgrading. But that would be opposed to their busines model that is based on doing their best to force you to upgrade, as opposed to creating and supporting a good product. Personally, W2K was my last MS product. BTW, I love the way SuSe updates online during install, before the first boot off the hard drive. Those guys know security. Curt Purdy CISSP, GSEC, MCSE+I, CNE, CCDA Information Security Engineer DP Solutions ---------------------------------------- If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. What's more, you deserve to be hacked. -- White House cybersecurity adviser Richard Clarke
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