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Exactly.
-- Check out http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com for amazing tweaks and fixes Member of "Newsgroups are for everyone" (Perdita X. Twitt is a self-appointed, self-righteous, ruthless, bitchy net-cop too!) Email address is fake to prevent SPAM. Real email address is pcyr2000 AT hotmail DOT com Change the obvious to the obvious. ------------------ "JohnDoe" wrote in message ... On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 11:59:33 -0700, "EGMcCann" wrote: Ummm... they don't. Why did they give them money before (and get non voting stock?) PR. One time. Over five years ago. And in the overall scheme of things - it *wasn't* that much. The original iMac really turned things around for them. go to any software store, look how much is available for PC type machines and then compare that to what is available for Apples, there is no comparison. Then if you get into serious applications there is no contest, most of the programs on the market is written for pc based machines. If you only do word processing, spread sheets, play game, do email or go onto the web an apple could be all you need but if you need to do serious work on a machine the PC based machines are the ONLY way to go. |
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In article , Steve wrote:
Is the Mac OS really that much more secure than Windows? Or does its apparent security have more to do with hackers spending their time attacking the dominant OS? i use both Win2000 & Mac OS X. i think OS X is more secure. for example, even my account has admin privlieges, for dangerous operations, it would ask the password for "root" & it would only apply it to for that specific operation. I also like the installation on OS X a lot better. no stupid registry nor those VB script. regards, pam @ home ¤p¬} Pam's Ode to Spammers & Telemarketers May all spammers & telemarketers die an agonizing death; have no burial places; their souls be chased by demons in Gehenna from one room to another for 1000 years. |
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That's why even MS uses Akamai Linux servers to protect their web site from DoS attacks! LOL! ---------------------------- This is a common bit of misinformation from people who don't understand MS's content distribution infrastructure. Akamai is one of several companies who provide content distribution network (CDN) services to MS - nothing to do with security at all. MS's front facing servers all run Windows Server 2003. For example, when you go to MS and use any of their online tools to determine what updates for a product are needed/available, that determination is made by negotiation between the client OS (you) and one of hundreds of MS Windows 2003 servers on the Redmond campus. Once the files needed are identified, the information is passed on to to the CDN (if server load is high), which transparently serves up the actual files for download. That's how it actually works. Clearly, you're not an IT pro. (Remove mypants to reply by email) |
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In article in
misc.consumers, Steve wrote: Even if Microsoft's motives were as pure as the driven snow, one price that would be paid comes from the tendency of Windows updates to break things. Windows is simply not a robust platform, and it has the added vulnerability of being used in a multitude of diverse environments filled with ill-behaved applications and devices. There's a much bigger worry. Even if Microsoft delivered good code (hah!), whatever back door Microsoft creates in its operating system would quickly by exploited by writers of malware. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Cortland County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Fortunately, I live in the United States of America, where we are gradually coming to understand that nothing we do is ever our fault, especially if it is really stupid. --Dave Barry |
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Will Denny wrote:
Hi Whether I'm an IT Pro or not, I've heard my mother-in-law... Oh, yes you were talking about an IT Pro - apart from the many MS Certs - I have MSc and BSc(Hons) degrees - both in Computing/IT Business. You know the Redmond Campus... BTW, Linux sux. Said the MicroBrainDead! -- Peace! Kurt Self-anointed Moderator microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea http://microscum.kurttrail.com "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron! "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!" |
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Yes, but the default is not to automatically install the
updates. I actually was working with a support guy at work today cleaning the Blaster worm off of a couple of public machines in a room we have with TV, kitchen, etc. In one case, the fix for Blaster had been downloaded by the Automatic Updates, but never got installed because no one clicked on the "install now" icon. As a result of this, both machines were infected, and the LAN connection to that room had been disabled. I changed both of these machines to automatically install critical updates at 3am and I hope that they will have far less problems now (and yes, they already had Norton Antivirus installed with automatic updates on that). Bill BananaPannaPoe wrote: They already have an autoupdate program that keeps you updated. WAKE UP! "Steve" wrote in message ... Excerpts from Ed Foster's Gripelog - =================== It's a depressing irony, but the creep who wrote the Blaster worm may very well have done Microsoft a tremendous favor. After all, what better argument could the folks in Redmond have been handed to do what they've always wanted to do - namely, force users to accept automatic Windows updates. |
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"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote in
: Shaun Marolf wrote: "Testy" wrote in news:OJt6jAMaDHA.2344 @TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl: A properly firewalled computer in combination with a good ant-virus and a lot of common sense, is not in dire need of updates. Absolutely correct and the real issue of the blaster worm was simply that. Port 135 (RPC) certainly isn't needed nor desired for use in a corporate environment anyway so why did so many IT managers leave it open? Hi Because without port 135 you e.g. can't map network drives, nor will you be able to log on to a NT4/AD domain. Corporate IT managers leave it open to avoid angry users that can't get their jobs done. In a corporate environment, the only option is to install 823980 (the RPC security update) on all computers. -- torgeir Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter No that's a load because I block port 135 and I can get my network drives mapped just fine and I logon just as well Port 135 is for RPC ports 137 138 and 139 are used for networking better get it right before you try tell me such BS. I've been setting up networks since MS-DOS days in the Navy and now it I do it real world and I have never used port 135. --Shaun |
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But understand, the registry allows power users to do advanced
customizations. -- Check out http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com for amazing tweaks and fixes Member of "Newsgroups are for everyone" (Perdita X. Twitt is a self-appointed, self-righteous, ruthless, bitchy net-cop too!) Email address is fake to prevent SPAM. Real email address is pcyr2000 AT hotmail DOT com Change the obvious to the obvious. ------------------ "Dr. Gee" wrote in message ... In article , Steve wrote: Is the Mac OS really that much more secure than Windows? Or does its apparent security have more to do with hackers spending their time attacking the dominant OS? i use both Win2000 & Mac OS X. i think OS X is more secure. for example, even my account has admin privlieges, for dangerous operations, it would ask the password for "root" & it would only apply it to for that specific operation. I also like the installation on OS X a lot better. no stupid registry nor those VB script. regards, pam @ home ¤p¬} Pam's Ode to Spammers & Telemarketers May all spammers & telemarketers die an agonizing death; have no burial places; their souls be chased by demons in Gehenna from one room to another for 1000 years. |
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Shaun Marolf wrote:
"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote in : Shaun Marolf wrote: Absolutely correct and the real issue of the blaster worm was simply that. Port 135 (RPC) certainly isn't needed nor desired for use in a corporate environment anyway so why did so many IT managers leave it open? Because without port 135 you e.g. can't map network drives, nor will you be able to log on to a NT4/AD domain. Corporate IT managers leave it open to avoid angry users that can't get their jobs done. In a corporate environment, the only option is to install 823980 (the RPC security update) on all computers. No that's a load because I block port 135 and I can get my network drives mapped just fine and I logon just as well Port 135 is for RPC ports 137 138 and 139 are used for networking better get it right before you try tell me such BS. I've been setting up networks since MS-DOS days in the Navy and now it I do it real world and I have never used port 135. Hi Our experience when blocking port 135 on some routers/switches was that AD logons wasn't working as they should (and as far as I know it was only port 135 that was blocked). -- torgeir Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter |
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