Securing Windows 2000 Server w/ SP3

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I am unable to install SP4 on a system which runs an older ACU COBOL database
for compatibility reasons. My question is this...

Is it even possible to suitably secure a SP3 install using individual
hotfixes and patches from say, Windows Update? Or, are the updates to Win2k
Server found in SP4 a crucial part of locking down a box given the known
vunerabilities in SP3?

 

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Dagan Nelson wrote:

> I am unable to install SP4 on a system which runs an older ACU COBOL database
> for compatibility reasons. My question is this...
>
> Is it even possible to suitably secure a SP3 install using individual
> hotfixes and patches from say, Windows Update? Or, are the updates to Win2k
> Server found in SP4 a crucial part of locking down a box given the known
> vunerabilities in SP3?
>
Hi

SP3 with all security updates installed (from e.g. WU) should
be as secure as SP4 is.


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Why not? Is it possible to contact Microsoft or the vendor for a fix?

"Dagan Nelson" <DaganNelson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9A58F856-1886-40C7-ACAF-AA38AE360A1C@microsoft.com...
> I am unable to install SP4 on a system which runs an older ACU COBOL
database
> for compatibility reasons. My question is this...
>
> Is it even possible to suitably secure a SP3 install using individual
> hotfixes and patches from say, Windows Update? Or, are the updates to
Win2k
> Server found in SP4 a crucial part of locking down a box given the known
> vunerabilities in SP3?
>