[60575] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: [Microsoft to ship new versions with firewall enabled]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vachon, Scott)
Thu Aug 14 11:32:14 2003
From: "Vachon, Scott" <Scott.Vachon@paymentech.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 11:22:10 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> while i think many of us will welcome this, i am skeptical of what
> the firewall will be 'enabled' to block, and how easy it will be
> for the user to set-up rules (and hopefully there will be a sanity
> check included so that 'permit in any' is not a valid option, but
> then 'permit out any' should not be one either)
> but still, it is a step...
Perhaps the better idea would be to ship a stripped down, basic OS for abou=
t $25.00 a license. Then offer up all the bells and whistles on a pay per d=
ownload option. I think this one simple step alone would aid in reducing se=
curity issues on the OS. I would hazard a guess that a majority of users wi=
ll NEVER use (or need) all the built in functionality currently included wi=
th the OS.=20
~S~
Disclaimer: My own two cents.
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