RE: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things

["Carboni, Chris" <ccarboni () azerty com>]

For those interested a forum has been created at
http://isc.sans.org/xpsp2.php 

The purpose of the forum is to share factual experiences with XP SP2 in an
effort to help others who may run into similar problems. 

- Chris
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Gregory A. Gilliss [mailto:ggilliss () netpublishing com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 6:22 PM
To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
Subject: [Full-disclosure] WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things

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


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