Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 2nd Sep 2004 19:56 UTC, submitted by Jon Cooper
"We evaluated the security features of Windows XP SP2 on a test machine, following a clean install of XP Pro with no configuration changes and no third-party software or drivers installed. We installed XP with the NTFS file system, choosing all of the factory defaults, then patched it with each recommended security update including SP-1 (required), before installing SP2." Read the rest at TheRegister.
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***So for Anonymous living in 2004, letting teenagers admin webservers, and download games galore with great ease will result in security breaches, viruses and spyware. Good luck to you. I'd prefer a few inconveniences to having to clean spyware, viruses, and reinstall OSes on a regular basis.***
I think you are treating 'teenagers' as too stupid to logon a pc. They are the future of Technology, so don't knock em if you do NOT know their skills or intelligence.
If they are downloading games off a webserver with a SECURED connection like 'download.com' and several others NO harm done. Another FACT if they have the brains to build pc's, be admins on their webserver they are not going to be downloading UNKNOWN programs/code and running it.
There are SEVERAL thousand of these so called 'teenagers' that go to MIT and several other Colleges that you will be working for in the future.
They are the ones who will be improving the FUTURE operating systems and programming code.