[olug] OT: "Securing" a WinXP Home Edition Machine

[Don Kauffman]

This is why I belong to this list. Stuff like this pops up and I grab a
bookmark to it. Never know when I can use it! This is a pretty decent
summary of what has been discussed. 

Don   

On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 19:51, Jaymz Ringler wrote:
> Here's a guide from Sans about just this topic.
> "Windows XP - surviving the first day" 
> http://www.sans.org/rr/whitepapers/windows/1298.php
> 
> There will be small variations since this guide is geard towards XP Pro.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rob Townley" <rob.townley at gmail.com>
> To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 12:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [olug] OT: "Securing" a WinXP Home Edition Machine
> 
> 
> > Media Center Edition used to be derived from XP Pro, but not the 2005
> > edition.  For instance, Media Center 2005 can NOT be joined to an
> > active directory domain.
> >
> > One other thing, the windows firewall is only half a firewall as it
> > does not protect against trojan horses because it does not monitor
> > outgoing connection attempts, only incoming.  This is why we use
> > ZoneAlarm and a hardware firewall.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 15:15:18 -0600, Phil Brutsche <phil at brutsche.us> 
> > wrote:
> >> Robert A. Jacobs wrote:
> >> > I don't know if there is a difference between Home Edition and Media
> >> > Edition
> >>
> >> There is quite a bit of difference.
> >>
> >> Media Center Edition is derived from XP Pro and gives you PVR 
> >> functionality.
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Phil Brutsche
> >> phil at brutsche.us
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