Hacking Windows and Linux Response assignment paper

Part 1: Hacking Windows and Linux
Respond to the following:
1. How can you distinguish between different operation systems by examining a listing of host services?

2. Why are most networks, even small office/home office (SOHO) networks, considered mixed networks in
terms of operating systems? Give some common examples of devices in a typical home that might be
running Linux or a derivative of it.

3. How are UNIX/Linux and the Apple OS X related?.
Part 2: Windows 2000 and Firewall Issues
Respond to the following:
1. When Windows first released Windows 2000, a default install resulted in IIS being installed and running.
Why do you think Microsoft was criticized for this?
2. What are some of the problems that might result from only deploying a firewall at the perimeter of an
organization? Do most Linux distros come with a firewall? If so, explain it. What are some of the features
of Microsoft’s Internet Connection Firewall?