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Longhorn Server's "Improved" Security

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the articulate-vegetable dept.

An anonymous reader writes, "The 'most secure Windows ever' may be very secure from hackers and malware — but what do you do when Longhorn Server lets you install the OS, set up Active Directory, and initialize the domain without once asking you even to create an administrator password? From the article: 'What happened to Windows Server? Where did all of the stringent security checks and ultra-protection of Windows Server 2003 go? Windows Server 2000 was quite insecure, and Windows Server 2003 turned over a new leaf... But it seems Microsoft is more than willing to flip that page back — even Windows Server 2000 required an Administrator password at the very least.'" Inevitably, Dave Barry's years-old quote comes to mind: "Microsoft has a new version out, Windows XP, which according to everybody is the 'most reliable Windows ever.' To me, this is like saying that asparagus is 'the most articulate vegetable ever.'"

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  1. Don't see how it matters really by also-rr · · Score: 3, Funny
    There are CIOs just lining up to sign the purchase authority forms as we speak.

    Ohhh, new windows? And this one has transparency! That's going to make the spreadsheets* fly!

    *sigh*

    *By which they mean databases. Or possibly Word. Who knows the mind of a CIO?
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    1. Re:Don't see how it matters really by vtcodger · · Score: 3, Funny
      ****By which they mean databases. Or possibly Word. Who knows the mind of a CIO?***

      CIOs have minds? Who knew?

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  2. default password by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I heard a rumor that the default admin password is "chair"

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    1. Re:default password by entrylevel · · Score: 5, Funny

      You just FUCKING KILLED any hope of this being the most secure Windows ever!

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    2. Re:default password by PPH · · Score: 5, Funny

      If you try 'chair', it will be thrown as an exception.

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    3. Re:default password by querist · · Score: 2, Funny

      I thought throwing chairs was the rule, not the exception.

  3. Should I tag this.... by Omnivorax · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...both "fud" and "notfud", to save everyone else the trouble?

  4. Microsoft always says... by zwilliams07 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Most secure ever."

    Then about 10 minutes later there about 30 pieces of malware, and 120 holes in the system.

  5. Asparagus by justinbach · · Score: 4, Funny
    To me, this is like saying that asparagus is 'the most articulate vegetable ever.'"
    I think I'd want to check with the corn on that one--after all, aren't they the ones with *ears*?
    *ducks*
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  6. If Vista's licensing is any indication of... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...whatever kind of harsh new license will ship with the longhorn server, then it will likely indeed be the most secure server software ever, since by the time longhorn ships, the license will undoubtedly forbid you from installing it on any machine period.

  7. Bummer by HangingChad · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean asparagus isn't the most articulate vegetable ever? Dang, guess that means I'll have to send back that plaque I ordered for the Articulate Vegetable Awards show.

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  8. Chair by Fallen+Mongoose · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now there's a word you don't hear people throwing around as much these days.

  9. Re:How Kind of You by enharmonix · · Score: 3, Funny

    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.