[CTS] Re: Linux?
- From: "Eric C. Vogel" <ecvogel@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 21:05:22 -0500
I think my boss dump NetWare (Grr.) because of the Exchange server. (Before
I got there.). We use the Exchange server heavly. Only thing, I know nothing
about Linux, nor do I think my boss wants to pay me overtime. It would be
nice if SBS 2000 or 2001 came out. The firewall software is supposed to be
better. Don't forget, with SBS, one cannot live without the other. Things
are tied together a little differntly than say a BackOffice (Full blown)
suite. I will run GRC's test tommorrow. I assume that is a nmap. I know
nothing about security. I am hopping by this Summer I can take some kind of
class. (Proably Win2k Server). I have not played with AD, but saw it
demistrated. All I have to say, NDS (Novell Directory Services) is alot
easier. Also it is more secure than NT and I like the file security soo much
better. If I could. At work I would like to have NetWare do the File and
print services. Acording to a chart, NetWare and the Mac OS did the best for
security for web servers.
I would like to take some Internet Security courses in the future.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynn" <landerso@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 8:47 PM
Subject: [CTS] Re: Linux?
>
> "Eric C. Vogel" wrote:
> >
> > How would you know if Telnet server is running under NT 4 Server Sp-6a
> > (Small Business Server 4.5 (IIS 4, Exchange 5.5 SP 3 (OWA (Outlook Web
> > Access)), MS Proxy 2, SQL 7 (Nothing using it, not loaded, Arcserve
6.5.X
> > SP2)? I don't recall seeing anything under Services.
> >
> Just nmap the machine. Either that, or try connecting with a telnet
> client. It's a rare case when NT has a telnet server running. NT
> doesn't generally have very good support for remote console access.
>
> > I am not at work so I
> > cannot check. Our E-mail is retrieved from the Outlook 2k client, not
> > throught the Exchange extention.
> >
> So you're just using good, old-fashioned POP-3.
>
> > Website is hosted externally. Our server
> > runs IIS 4 for SBS tools, and our website, which has nothing just the
> > default SBS page. With the proper URL, can access Exchange through the
web
> > browser, and 2 VPN ports. 2 users cannot access the server externally
till
> > they put passwords on their account. (There are only 4 of us. I am the
only
> > computer person there.)
> >
> I would put the machine behind a firewall. NT is an EXTREMELY dangerous
> OS to have on an externally accessible network. nmap the machine,
> determine which ports are used by services that have to be accessed
> externally, block all others. Especially ports used by
> SMB(netbios-ssn). Personally, I do not feel that NT is a sufficientally
> robust OS for anything but the lightest of server duties. It's really
> more of a desktop OS. It's very difficult to properly monitor an NT
> machine, the logging system is abysmal, multi-user protection is
> pathetic, and it's very difficult(if not impossible) to keep it from
> using that bleeping SMB protocol. Get a seperate firewall machine, if
> you roll your own, setup a machine running OpenBSD UNIX. Never trust an
> NT machine any further than you can throw it.
>
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