That's okay, the bit about so secure you can't use it was at least partially tongue in cheek as well. You could use it for a lot of things very nicely out of the box but the lockdown on the web server was pretty tight. You can't even run Windows Update without jumping through hoops to make it a "trusted" site.
Part of my post was inspired because of Apple's callous attitude that you should expect to upgrade annually at $130+ a pop if you want security holes in their OS to be patched. Having spend $129 just a year ago to upgrade the OS on my G4 I wasn't planning on doing the same this year since I don't do that much on it other than test web sites. Cheryl D. Wise MS-MVP-FrontPage www.wiserways.com mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 713.353.0139 Office -----Original Message----- From: michael ensor Cheryl, ok I was a bit tongue in cheek and you may recall I posted a link last month which listed security flaws on a number of OS's (not just MS) but I do feel that unless MS literally reinvent themselves they will be still be grappling with trying to paper over and deal with embedded software engines that are still inherently flawed ( from a security point of view). having said that it is a bit like the question " how do I protect my html source code" lol if you want to be secure NEVER turn on your computer............... www.WellingtonLive.co.nz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl D. Wise" : Actually Windows 2003 is quite secure out of the box. In fact it is so : secure that it isn't functional. I hand to unlock several things to IIS 6 : set-up the way I needed. By default it will not run any scripting, hello? ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
