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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As somebody that is pretty close to the teenage years (22), I can tell you that your confidence in teenagers is misplaced. Very few teenagers are actually technicallys inclined. Of course if you sample only engineering students, you might recieve a distorted picture. As an engineering student at an "Ivy League" institution, I can say that even among engineering students networking literacy is not very high. And among non-technical students, the amount of computer literacy is really pretty incredibly low. Yes they are not afraid of their computer (like perhaps their parents), but that does not mean they know how to do things securely.
As far as modern day teenagers setting up forums, bulletin boards, etc... PHAA! Nobody I know has done anything like that. The most technically inclined among us have set up simple ftp servers for personal use... but that is maybe 2 or 3 (including me)