Re: [newbie] Win 2000 install.
This questions still isn't answered... you guys are talking about XP/SP2 and the original question was about W2K :-) As far as I know, Windows-update operates through your browser, so as long as you can browse the web and don't have any problems with that, you can still download all the updates from Windows update. WinXP is a whole different issue, esp with SP2. Before updating your system from XP/SP1 to XP/SP2, please read the known issues on the Microsoft.com webpages. This includes a list of known programs that won't work anymore after the update. It also has a tutorial on the new Firewall settings that come with SP2. My advise when you upgrade: disable those features (or should I call them bugs?!) and use a freeware firewall, a linux box or a hardware firewall to operate as your main security. Greetz, Jan ps. I'm a gmail user, please double-check the To: address if you reply. On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 08:09:22 -0500, et [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 04 December 2004 06:49 pm, Marek Pawinski wrote: Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Saturday 04 December 2004 10:59 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: In short : No Windows box should never - ever - be allowed on any network. Kaj Haulrich. What a wild statement, if a Windows Security Specialist knows whats he or she is doing the box will be quite secure, takes a bit of work. no... ever seen a banks main servers running windows? Thats one of the reasons why we call Linux free, we choose to use it and don't have to force it upon others. no it is because of the liberty of being able to reuse the code... not free from coercion Marek -- linux counter #167806 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Win 2000 install.
On Saturday 04 December 2004 06:49 pm, Marek Pawinski wrote: Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Saturday 04 December 2004 10:59 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: In short : No Windows box should never - ever - be allowed on any network. Kaj Haulrich. What a wild statement, if a Windows Security Specialist knows whats he or she is doing the box will be quite secure, takes a bit of work. no... ever seen a banks main servers running windows? Thats one of the reasons why we call Linux free, we choose to use it and don't have to force it upon others. no it is because of the liberty of being able to reuse the code... not free from coercion Marek -- linux counter #167806 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Win 2000 install.
On Saturday 04 December 2004 12:21, Simon Utley wrote: All you guys/girls out there who make their living of fixing M$, a friend is going to reinstall Windose 2000 on his box. Will he be OK behind a firewall as he downloads all the patches/updates. No. - I tried just that (WinXP) with ZoneAlarm active on my daughters PC. After downloading SP2 from Microsoft her box was severely compromized once again. In short : No Windows box should never - ever - be allowed on any network. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Win 2000 install.
On Saturday 04 December 2004 10:59 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: No. - I tried just that (WinXP) with ZoneAlarm active on my daughters PC. After downloading SP2 from Microsoft her box was severely compromized once again. In short : No Windows box should never - ever - be allowed on any network. Kaj Haulrich. I notice that if a WXP is pathced using SP2, it can't be pinged from network. Well, so much for the effort :) -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | http://linux2.arinet.org 05:50:48 up 1:55, Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Official) for i586 public key: https://www.arinet.org/fajar-pub.key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Win 2000 install.
Uytkownik Fajar Priyanto napisa: On Saturday 04 December 2004 10:59 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: No. - I tried just that (WinXP) with ZoneAlarm active on my daughters PC. After downloading SP2 from Microsoft her box was severely compromized once again. In short : No Windows box should never - ever - be allowed on any network. Kaj Haulrich. I notice that if a WXP is pathced using SP2, it can't be pinged from network. Well, so much for the effort :) Propably because of MS firewall settinngs. Wojciech Podgrni smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [newbie] Win 2000 install.
Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Saturday 04 December 2004 10:59 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: In short : No Windows box should never - ever - be allowed on any network. Kaj Haulrich. What a wild statement, if a Windows Security Specialist knows whats he or she is doing the box will be quite secure, takes a bit of work. Thats one of the reasons why we call Linux free, we choose to use it and don't have to force it upon others. Marek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
