On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 11:21:47AM -0500, Kim Longenbaugh wrote:
> Ok, one very good reason to use Splat at least for your enforcement
> module is that the OS is already hardened out of the box, whereas if you
> use W2K3 for the enforcement module, you will have to do all sorts of
> things to adequately harden it.
>
> Plus, like someone else mentioned, if you use W2K3, you would have to
> deal with the Windows Updates patching the server all the time, maybe
> breaking things, and at the least causing reboots that would interrupt
> service through the firewall.
>
> For Management modules, I prefer the Windows platform (XP, W2K, W2K3).
You can either use a Windows platform, or you can use a Secure platform,
it's up to you. ;) SPlat is much more reliable, minimal, quicker and of
course cheaper.
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Chris Covington
IT
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NY, NY 10038
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