[LINK] Microsoft Shores Up Windows Server Against Attacks March 31, 20

[Michael Still]

Antony Barry wrote:
> The following text is abstracted from  
> http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml? articleID=160400036
> 
> The new Windows server service pack, available on CD-ROM, as a download  
> from Microsoft's Web site, or through Windows' automatic update  
> feature, was designed to make systems less prone to attack while  
> they're being set up on networks, says Jeff Price, a senior director of  
> product management at Microsoft.
> 
> Chief among the updates are the ability for Windows servers equipped  
> with Service Pack 1 to turn on their firewalls as soon as they're  
> deployed, and to block inbound Internet traffic until Windows downloads  
> Microsoft's latest security patches.

What state is iptables in during the install process for a new Linux 
machine? I'd be surprised if it's turned on, given that would require 
explicit throbbing in the installers.

Mikal

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