UCSB bans WinNT & Win2k

University of California at Santa Barbara banned student computers running WinNT/Win2k from the school network. Basically if you're in the dorm and using WinNT/Win2k, you cant access the network...anyways, according to their notice , few of the systems that ran these OS were responsible for hundreds of major problems including Code Red, Nimda and ddos attacks.

It seems to me that a little is being done on the netadmins end...most of the problems presented here can be taken care of by educating the user about security...if someone launched attacks from win2k/winnt platforms, how hard would it be for them to switch over to xp ? (they are suggesting the switch to xp , btw)...you know, just to prove a point... my2cents.


peace.

any of the UCSB netadmins on the forum...hehe, dont take it personal... :winkgrin: ...