[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:46:51 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > Oh yeah, I've got 14,000 Windows 2000 machines to update to > windows XP > > SP2, hang on wheres that CD? <snip>
> What's worse is having to run a university network where you > have 30K boxes that you do *not* have the political mandate > to upgrade (fortunately, we *can* get away with "Upgrade or > you can't use our network to talk to anybody else", because > although we don't own the machines, we own the copper. :) Upgrade W2K to XP? I call that a downgrade! I won't allow XP (sp2 or not) on my network. All new boxes must be reformatted and W2K or SuSE Linux or BSD installed (unless of course it is a Mac with OpenBSD kernel that is always welcome). As for a university network, I can only sympathize. I listened to an interview with a U of H admin last week, and thought, if I was a script-kiddie the first thing I would do when I got home was scan their network. 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. -- former White House cybersecurity zar Richard Clarke _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
