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

[Howard Lowndes]

Michael Still wrote:
> 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.

In Fedora Core, the answer is "Yes, it is turned on", and it is quite 
simple to configure, assuming you know what the services are that it 
refers to, and that same last comment goes for M$.


> 
> Mikal
> 

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