Luke Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <<big snip>> > I've been a lot better about this lately, but I still think it's kind of > absurd that I can't plug a freshly rebuilt Windows XP machine into the > network. You'd think that Microsoft would at least make an official > release of Windows XP.1 or something like that to address this totally > absurd problem with their software.
Heck -- a (comprehensive!) set of .REG files could probably be provided to harden a machine "enough" (disable all the "on by default but completely unnecessary on 99.997% of machines" services, set a few policies regarding protocol/interface bindings, etc) to make it "safe to venture onto the Internet and go straight to Windows Update. Odd that a company that supposedly has now developed a serious interest in security has not done this, but has found the time and staffing to produce, test, manufacture and distribute an at least six month out-of- date "patch CD"... (Not that the patch CD is bad thing, but it provides an interesting observation of the actual priorities despite Billy Boy's proclamation that security issues were to take precedence over features.) Regards, Nick FitzGerald _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
