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From: "Curt Purdy" <purdy_at_tecman.com>
To: <Valdis.Kletnieks_at_vt.edu>; <Colin.Scott_at_csplc.com>
Cc: <full-disclosure_at_lists.netsys.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 11:59 PM
Subject: RE: [in] Re: [Full-disclosure] IE is just as safe as FireFox
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> 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).
>
Why? XP has System Restore in it which certainly beats the hell out of restoring an image any day when a minor problem crops up. Also, as you know what you are doing, it is no less able to be protected than W2K.
The only annoyance I have with XP on a network is it is dog slow to become part of the network unless you manually assign it an IP number, which I always do anyway. I never saw an auto assigned IP on a network so slow before this. I find XP to be basically W2K with a few extras in it but note I don't have anything to do with large networks when saying that so haven't had the chance to see it operating on one. 20-30 together though, it seems as good as W2K and when properly protected - as you would do with W2k - seems fine to me.
What am I missing?
Greg.
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