Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 18th May 2007 22:17 UTC
Some of the changes in the upcoming release of Windows Server 2008 are a response to features and performance advantages that have made Linux an attractive option to Microsoft customers. One of these is the fact that Linux has less of a surface area, which led customers to believe that Linux is inherently more secure, Bill Laing, the general manager for Microsoft's Windows Server division, told eWEEK. "Having less surface area does reduce the servicing and the amount of code you have running and exposed, so we have done a lot of work in 2008 to make the system more modular. There are more than 30 components not installed by default, which is a huge change," Laing said. "We also have server core, which doesn't have the GUI, so I would say that is a response to the options people had with Linux that they didn't have with Windows."
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RE[4]: Good direction from Microsoft
by jelway on Sat 19th May 2007 00:03
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RE[5]: Good direction from Microsoft
by renhoek on Sat 19th May 2007 00:20
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/archive.mspx
not all gui/server related, but i rather not worry about stuff which should not be on the machine in the first place.
RE[5]: Good retro-direction from Microsoft
by glarepate on Mon 21st May 2007 04:07
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RE[4]: Good direction from Microsoft
by phoenix on Sun 20th May 2007 05:35
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most video drivers are third party and running really deep in the kernel
All the Windows Server boxes I've had the (dis)pleasure to see in action have used the generic SVGA driver from MS at 800x600, or at most 1024x768.
Can't think of a good reason (although there probably is one out there) to need a larger screen on a server, or a better drive than a plain 2D one.
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first of all, most video drivers are third party and running really deep in the kernel, therefore prone to problems. all extra running services and files provide an extra angle of attack. running no services at all will be extremely safe (and useless
), running all services will be very unsafe. so it's up to the system maintainer to enable the minimal set of services required to do the job, that's just common sense.
in the real world i had little trouble with windows servers (stability wise), but i feel safer when a program is not installed. that way i'm 100% sure it can't crash and it can't be used to crack my server.