A point was previously made about Terminal Servers...
*>>Never, ever, ever allow browsing from your servers.* It's a good guide, but not as useful as an absolute rule. *ASB *(Find me online via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... * On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr < michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have two thoughts on this: > > > 1. Always keep your servers up-to-date with the latest security fixes > for any installed applications, that are an *immeadiate* security risk - > otherwise: wait for public opinion, test locally with non-critical > equipment, wait some more, maybe think about it. AKA if it aint broke, dont > try to fix it. > 2. Never, ever, ever allow browsing from your servers. > > > -- > ME2 > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Malcolm Reitz <malcolm.re...@live.com>wrote: > > >> We are updating our Windows Server 2008 R2 build to include Service Pack >> 1. During this effort, the question of “why not include IE9 at the same >> time?” was brought up. We discourage browsing from servers anyway, so it may >> not matter much other than keeping the build more current (possibly more >> secure or requiring fewer patches). I like keeping current, but I typically >> have somewhat of an aversion to deploying brand new, just released apps on >> our servers. Thoughts from the list? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> -Malcolm >> >> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
