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The NSA Gives Their Two Cents On Securing XP/2K/NT

Posted by timothy on from the plus-inflation dept.

caino59 writes "Thier site is already slow, and must be taking a hit, but the NSA has released several guides on Securing Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows NT. Now go out and download the guides, and /. the NSA!"

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  1. They call it the "power" button by JustAnOtherCodeSerf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just switch it to the "off" position... website secure :)

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  2. I hate to point this out... by Blaise · · Score: 4, Informative

    but the page hasn't been updated since november 2002. I've had these guides, which are excellent BTW, for all of 2003.

    It even says so at the bottom of the page.

  3. Re:Isn't it ironic... by ocelotbob · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's not as simple as it seems. The NSA is essentially two organizations -- one whose job it is to break communications, another whose job it is to make sure communications don't get broken. This even means helping industry with codes - they had a major say in portions of DES, in which they designed portions such as the S-Boxes so that they were less vulnerable to still classified (at the time) types of cryptoanalysis. This isn't to say that one should blindly trust the NSA in matters of security, only to say that things are more complex than many would believe upon casual inspection.

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