Safe Mode with Networking

Is booting in safe mode with networking a security vulnerability in Windows
Server 2003 Standard Edition? If it is possible can anyone please produce
any reference about it. I would greatly appreciate it.

Lanwench
Tue Sep 25 17:31:22 PDT 2007

AgentRed <AgentRed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Is booting in safe mode with networking a security vulnerability in
> Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition? If it is possible can anyone
> please produce any reference about it. I would greatly appreciate it.

I'm really not sure what your question means. If you mean, you have a server
you think is infected with something or is compromised, then yes, booting up
with *any* network connection is probably foolhardy if you want to keep the
rest of your network clean....

AgentRed
Wed Sep 26 09:52:02 PDT 2007



"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> AgentRed <AgentRed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Is booting in safe mode with networking a security vulnerability in
> > Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition? If it is possible can anyone
> > please produce any reference about it. I would greatly appreciate it.
>
> I'm really not sure what your question means. If you mean, you have a server
> you think is infected with something or is compromised, then yes, booting up
> with *any* network connection is probably foolhardy if you want to keep the
> rest of your network clean....
>
>
>

Thanks for the response. What I am trying to say is if the server is not
compromised, is it safe practice to be on safe mode with networking for a
long period of time?

Lanwench
Wed Sep 26 10:08:33 PDT 2007

AgentRed <AgentRed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> AgentRed <AgentRed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>> Is booting in safe mode with networking a security vulnerability in
>>> Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition? If it is possible can anyone
>>> please produce any reference about it. I would greatly appreciate
>>> it.
>>
>> I'm really not sure what your question means. If you mean, you have
>> a server you think is infected with something or is compromised,
>> then yes, booting up with *any* network connection is probably
>> foolhardy if you want to keep the rest of your network clean....
>>
>>
>>
>
> Thanks for the response. What I am trying to say is if the server is
> not compromised, is it safe practice to be on safe mode with
> networking for a long period of time?

Safe? Well, I guess so, if I understand you, but it sure wouldn't be very
useful to run in safe mode for anything other than testing/troubleshooting.