Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT? Best Plattform?

[Matt]

Anyone that runs a server that sits on the Internet should go through the various services and shut them down when unnecessary, regardless of whether or not they might present a security issue.  Firewalling the unnecessary ports is also a fabulous idea as well as other security measures like dummifying the administrator account, installing URLScan (for IIS) and even running L0pht against a dump of your encrypted passwords.  I'm sure there are a lot of other things that you could do as well. Just because MS doesn't default enable some problematic services doesn't mean that it's more secure, it's just got better default settings.  I'm guessing that most of us aren't the people to install things with the default settings anyway. The real issues with 2003 are the bugs, and it appears that there are real issues with stability at high loads with DNS and/or the TCP/IP stack.  I'm sure there are a ton of little issues that are also apparent.  Microsoft also always claims better performance with newer versions, but in reality the code is always more bloated and chances are that common tasks will in fact be slower due to the added overhead.  There's probably a good chance that NT4 could run IMail more efficiently than a 2000 server despite the lack of support for newer technologies. I think 2003 will remain bleeding edge for high-reliability production environments for another year or so.  I still consider XP Pro to be a step backwards, my 2000 Pro just simply wouldn't crash, and XP can't even handle keeping Windows Explorer functional after cutting and pasting from a mapped drive, and it's been what, two years since it was released? Matt Mark Smith wrote: 2003. It's MUCH more secure than 2000 because many services are not enabled by default which is the case in 2000. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Matt Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 12:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT? Best Plattform? 2000. The newer version is hardly mature, and it appears that just like XP made the 2000 core unstable, 2003 also repeats many of the same mistakes. 2003 is of course fancier, but the apps you are looking to use make little use of what the newer version might provide. Matt Hirthe, Alexander wrote: Hello, what is the better Plattform for Imail / Declude? Windows 2000 oder Windows 2003? Just Imail & Declude, Spamcheck, AVG, F-Prot. Alex --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. -- ===================================================== MailPure custom filters for Declude JunkMail Pro. http://www.mailpure.com/software/ ===================================================== --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. -- ===================================================== MailPure custom filters for Declude JunkMail Pro. http://www.mailpure.com/software/ =====================================================