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NIST Issues Windows XP Security Guide

Posted by michael on from the step-1:-reformat dept.

routerwhore writes "NIST Special Publication 800-68 (zip file) has been created to assist IT professionals, in particularly Windows XP system administrators and information security personnel, in effectively securing Windows XP systems. It discusses Windows XP and various application security settings in technical detail."

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  1. isolate by xOleanderx · · Score: 4, Funny

    Step one: Isolate from network.

  2. 147 pages! by w1r3sp33d · · Score: 4, Funny

    Easy broken down into 9 littler chapters for those MCSE's still out there.

  3. Linux is complex? by TheVidiot · · Score: 4, Funny


    Only 147 pages of reading to secure your Windows XP?!? And they say Linux requires an in-depth knowledge of the OS...

  4. Total Cost of Ownership thru the roof by hey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, changing all those settings really bumps up the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of Windows!

  5. I'd read through that.... by nukem1999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    but I'm not supposed to download unknown zip files on my Windows machine.

  6. "in effectively securing Windows XP systems" by Alexis+de+Torquemada · · Score: 3, Funny

    There are already a lot of people who can do this. Well, without the first blank, that is.

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  7. "effectively securing Windows XP systems" by WarMonkey · · Score: 3, Funny


    effectively securing Windows XP systems

    That's the great thing about Slashdot -- timely reviews of only the very best science-fiction literature.

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