Subj : Re: 3.19b not compatible with Windows XP?
To   : cadeon
From : Tracker1
Date : Thu Jul 21 2022 15:13:00

On 7/18/22 21:04, cadeon wrote:
> 
> It's got more to do with the operator than it does the specific OS.
> 
>> But the best thing is to just do things the right way the first time.
> ^ I agree completely. But OS selection is not the silver bullet to building a
> sane/secure hosting environment. It's part of it, and depending on what you
> select, you will have differing sets of other things you need to do in order to
> host responsibly; many of the things touched on in this thread included.
> 
> (quietly dons a fire suit)

To an extent, the OS *REALLY* doesn't matter, if you're running a 
router/proxy/firewall and only directing expected inbound traffic to 
services you are intentionally running, and you can reasonably trust 
those services not to allow "escape" to the host environment.

On a BBS, the risk is more likely to be admin access to a 
terminal/console program with elevated privileges which can be mitigated 
somewhat by running as a more restricted user.  With newer windows, 
especially server, ntfs and synchronet, it's not too hard to do.  But 
you're less likely to have the visibility you may want by running it as 
a service, of course RDP on windows is decent enough, as is local 
console if logging in locally and not switching users.

XP and 7 were before they started hiding much of that access from local 
admins, so shouldn't be too bad either.  YMMV, have fun with it.
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Michael J. Ryan - tracker1@roughneckbbs.com
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