-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Paul Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Larry Seltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>>> Default? >>>>And what might those rulesets be, pray tell? >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;ln;xpsp2swhw and a >> hundred other URLs at Microsoft.com: "By default, Windows Firewall is >> enabled and blocks unsolicited connections to your computer." >> >> That's the default configuration after you install SP2 (or SP3 or Vista) >> or when you buy a computer from an OEM with them pre-installed. >> > > We'll see, I guess. :-) > > - - ferg > BTW, I guess that if it weren't a _real_ threat, Microsoft would have just included it in the normal monthly Patch Tuesday release. Savvy? - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) wj8DBQFJASgwq1pz9mNUZTMRAmGKAJwP4Y2dO7CSJQuU7Ls4ci61uAWXYACfTE6D 6LtPLIPj9DuXy/PCK6WVfS0= =ggsj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawgster(at)gmail.com ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
