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WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things
From: "Gregory A. Gilliss" <ggilliss () netpublishing com>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:21:56 -0700
All, Just FYI, my company is experiencing a high volume of calls from customers claiming that they have installed Windows SP2. Customers claim that SP2 is "breaking" previously working network behavior. Initial testing indicates that the cause is the "Internet Firewall" settings on SP2 which have been set to default closed! SO by FINALLY doing what ought to have been done ages ago (as often argued in posts to this and other lists), Microsoft has inadvertently "broken" several customer network installations that got used to having transparency to network protocols that, after the installation of SP2, are no longer permitted. Yay Microsoft, you finally got it right (sort of). G -- Gregory A. Gilliss, CISSP E-mail: greg () gilliss com Computer Security WWW: http://www.gilliss.com/greg/ PGP Key fingerprint 2F 0B 70 AE 5F 8E 71 7A 2D 86 52 BA B7 83 D9 B4 14 0E 8C A3 _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Gregory A. Gilliss (Aug 10)
- Re: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Will Image (Aug 10)
- Re: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Harlan Carvey (Aug 11)
- Re: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Mark Shirley (Aug 11)
- Re: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Harlan Carvey (Aug 11)
- Re: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Barrie Dempster (Aug 11)
- Re: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Niek Baakman (Aug 11)
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- RE: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Ferris, Robin (Aug 11)
- RE: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Ron DuFresne (Aug 11)
- RE: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Castigliola, Angelo (Aug 11)
- Re: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Gregory A. Gilliss (Aug 11)
- RE: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Myers, Marvin (Aug 11)
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- Re: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things Will Image (Aug 10)