> -----Original Message----- > From: Robyn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 12:22 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Taking the plunge- Installing Service Pack 2 > > If you're upgrading at home and have a home network, you might > experience the inability to view files on other machines. At least I > did. I will eventually disable the firewall completely for this reason. > Also, I just ran into an issue caused by SP2's firewall, that wouldn't > allow me to make a CF datasource to my local SQL database the same way > that I used to (using the SQL driver. I had to make my DSN first on the > machine locally (a system DSN) then use the ODBC socket connecter for > the datasource instead of the native driver.
As far as that stuff goes you'll see that with any firewall - it blocks by default unless you tell it open up. That being said I find the management console for the XP firewall to be anemic at best. You can configure to allow all the things you've mentioned - it's just not nearly as nice as in other packages. Any of the newer security packages (I use McAfee Internet Security and like it) will automatically turn off the Windows Firewall and inform the Windows security center that they're "on the case" seamlessly. Security is ALWAYS a pain in the ass - the only saving grace is that it's (generally) less of a pain in the ass than getting 0wn3d by some bastard script kiddie. ;^) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:155928 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
