Jeff Smith said: > I agree I think MS is bad enought to do this to XP on purpose, they screwd > thier customers with WPA, and I'm supposed to think that they wouldn't > leave > thier customers vulnerable? lol
This isn't leaving their customers vulnerable. It's just as easy to break into *any* other OS if you have physical access to the machine it is on. If you really care about your server security then keep them behind locked doors that only certain people have access too. The only reason I could see people crying to Microsoft about this issue is when these people allow others to boot cdroms on their server. And in those cases you can't blame Microsoft for sysadmin stupidity. Give me physical access to a locked down "secure" Linux box and I can still do the same kind of damage to it as I can to a windows box. Encrypted filesystems will help stop people from accessing your data but it won't stop them from formating your system. > > I'm kind of an old fashion kinda guy, and I say without a CD-rom/floppy > drive how will you be able to install Linux? I know there is the Bios > network install, but I just don't trust it, I never used it, and it's a > new > technology wait several years, until the technology is really tested, but > for now, I'll stick to Cd-rom's and floppies. This "technology" is not anywhere near to being new. It has been around for years and is well tested. You can also just use a cdrom to install it and then rip it out after if you are that paranoid, or just put physical security measures in place like I mentioned above.
