Comment Comment by rejectfinite It's not that disabling any of that on Windows is hard.It is what MIGHT happen after.That critical ERP/Invoice/Fileshare Server 2003 and the business critical printer from 2001 might still need SMBv1.NETBIOS is still used in modern stuff, no?We can't really just disable it willy-nilly.>Everything I listed above can be solved by a single sysadmin with group policy and 30 minutes to kill, and they wont reoccur.Yes, every L2 IT helpdesk can push a GPO out. It's what the GPO does that is the issue. parent rejectfinite 3 years ago
It is what MIGHT happen after.
That critical ERP/Invoice/Fileshare Server 2003 and the business critical printer from 2001 might still need SMBv1.
NETBIOS is still used in modern stuff, no?
We can't really just disable it willy-nilly.
>Everything I listed above can be solved by a single sysadmin with group policy and 30 minutes to kill, and they wont reoccur.
Yes, every L2 IT helpdesk can push a GPO out. It's what the GPO does that is the issue.