OT: XP SP2 security hole

[Fairlight]

On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 09:36:04AM -0400, after drawing runes in goat's blood,
Kenneth Brody cast forth these immortal, mystical words:
> 
>     Windows XP Service Pack 2 Firewall Configuration Error Exposes File
>     and Print Sharing to Remote Users

That's what happens when you depend on a software firewall configured by
someone at M$, rather than blocking all unwanted access to 137-139 at your
main point(s) of access (ie., the primary router(s) or switch(es).

Individual "personal" firewalls in XP (ditto with other products...ie.,
BlackIce) make next to no sense to me in a -corporate- environment.  That
crap should be home-user stuff only.  Corporations that don't firewall
things properly at their perimeter pretty much ask for whatever problems
they encounter.

Trusting M$ to provide security solutions in the first place is like
trusting a known embezzler to run your accounting department.

mark->
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