OT: redhat OT: XP-SP2

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Only Walter Vaughan would say something like:
> 
> Most times I as well click workstations back to "classic mode"

Can't live without it here.  Win2K is more "classic" than XP's "classic"
though...especially in some areas like "My Computer".

> > Got SP2 installed and turned off the stupid Windows firewall immediately,
> > since this system will sit behind a firewalling router anyway.
> 
> Dumb. It's a part of the network stack. It keeps your XP box from 
> spewing packets out that you don't want going out or accepting ones you 
> don't want. No overhead. Even while you disabled it, it still had to 
> look at the firewall.

If you're firewalled, antivirused, and practice sane computing practices,
-and- you're sitting behind a firewall, why should there be any packes
coming to or from your machine that you don't want?

If you have packets coming out that you don't want, you have a rogue
application, and somehow got infected with -something-.

If you have incoming packets when you're already firewalled, it must be an
internal source, and therefore you can hold someone internal accountable.

As for being part of the network stack, I'm actually doubting that, given
that the network stack comes up and responds to at least one ICMP packet
before the firewall kicks in.  It acts more like an application than part
of an integral network stack implementation.

> It's the best feature of SP2. Even behind a firewall.

That does -not- say a hell of a lot.

> YMMV

Usually does.  :)

mark->
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