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Windows Server 2003 - the overhaul
Thursday, 14 April 2005, 19:58 GMT

Windows Server 2003 (WS2003) was the first product released to benefit from Microsoft’s much vaunted Trustworthy Computing initiative, where all code goes through a rigorous screening and audit for potential security issues and other vulnerabilities.

WS 2003 thus had a lot riding on it. In comparison to Windows 2000 Server, WS2003 ‘out-of-the-box’ was undoubtedly much more secure.

A lot of this was down to the simple fact that all the features - turned on by default in Windows 2000 Server - were turned off in WS2003. If you wanted services, like IIS, you had to explicitly turn them on, hopefully closing the stable door before the horse has had a chance to exit.

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