RE: Windows Vista current flaws

[Cony Zhou 周圣 <Cony.Zhou () Cpic-Ing Com Cn>]

I don't think it is a good idea to use the beta product in your environment.


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-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Lawhead [mailto:samurai () berkeley edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 12:01 PM
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


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