RE: Windows Vista current flaws

["Joe_Wulf" <Joe_Wulf () yahoo com>]

In this I would look to your own University policies, interpretations of them,
and short of that, someone with authority to 'rule'... to make a decision.
Seeking out community answers for what should be local authoritative policy
might, or might not, get you the insights you are looking for.  Truly,
University policy should be the source to get this answered.

Good luck.
 
R,
-Joe Wulf, CISSP
 ProSync Technology Group, LLC
 www.prosync.com
 Senior IA Engineer

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Lawhead [mailto:samurai () berkeley edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 00:01
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Windows Vista current flaws

Greetings all,

I work in Network Security for UC Berkeley's residence halls.  We have a list of
several "minimum security standards" that we require all connected computers to
meet before being allowed access to the network (stuff like having a firewall
program, antivirus, etc).  One of the standards involves having the latest
patched version of a secure operating system.  I have a user on the network who
wishes to run a (legitimately acquired, or so he says) version of Windows Vista
beta version. 
 Before I decide on this, I wanted opinions on whether or not this is a good
idea.  My first instinct is to disallow any beta operating systems simply on the
grounds that they'll be buggy by definition and may potentially have serious
security flaws, but I can't find anything to back this up.  Just wondering if I
could get a few opinions on whether or not this is a good idea.  Thanks!


Jon Lawhead
Network Security Coordinator
Residential Computing
University of California, Berkeley