hey, wait a minute...have you ever heard of steven bellovin or bill
cheswick...read some of their works...

all the attributes you just described make win2k an UNLIKE piece of
billyware to base any firewall...

you just violated most of the tenets taught during the first couple of
seconds of netsec 101..

learn open or feebsd

the time will be well spent.

piranha...now i'm bashing..

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professionals built the titanic (Micro$oft, Bill Gates).
amateurs built the ark (Linux, Torvalds, et al)
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>From: "Hiemstra, Brenno" <brenno.hiemstraignite.nl>
>To: "'Frank Sommer'" <fra.soweb.de>, Firewall-Mailing-Liste
><firewallslists.gnac.net>
>Subject: RE: Next Microsoft operating system for firewalls?
>Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 12:31:49 +0200
>
>Frank,
>
>if you REALLY and I mean REALLY need to run a firewall on a
>windows platform I would try it on windows 2000. Although it's
>a bigger OS, more code, more potential (or already) security
>holes, it's (in my opinion) a lot more stable then good old NT.
>
>Windows 2000 have also and can also have a lot more support
>for hardware / software in the near future...
>
>And M$ stops supporting NT in building service packs and all
>that stuff...
>
>Just my thoughts,
>
>Regards,
>
>
>
>Brenno
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Frank Sommer [SMTP:fra.soweb.de]
> > Sent: donderdag 4 oktober 2001 12:05
> > To: Firewall-Mailing-Liste
> > Subject: Next Microsoft operating system for firewalls?
> >
> > Hello group members,
> >
> > can anyone of you tell me what will likely be the next (Microsoft-based)
> > platform for firewall systems (the successor of Windows NT)?
> >
> > I wouldn´t like to start a new discussion about what is the better
> > operating systems for a firewall, I just want to know your opinion
> > regarding the successor of Windows NT as a firewall-platform.
> >
> > Thanks for Your answers in advance!
> >
> > Frank Sommer
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