[windows2000] Re: How secure is NT4 on the web?

  • From: "Chris McEvoy" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 13:07:00 +0100

Any version of Windows/IIS needs regular patching to stay secure.

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> Subject: [windows2000] How secure is NT4 on the web?
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> I have a friend who thinks running NT4.0 with SP6 and IIS 4.0=20
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> secure alternative to Win2k.  He says he doesn't have to keep=20
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> his system, that it runs for over a year without needing intervention.
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> Can anyone confirm/deny this?  This machine is running on the open=20
> internet, with some of the other "junk" services turned off.
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