[Full-Disclosure] WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things

From: Gregory A. Gilliss (ggilliss_at_netpublishing.com)
Date: 08/11/04

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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:21:56 -0700

    All,

    Just FYI, my company is experiencing a high volume of calls from customers
    claiming that they have installed Windows SP2. Customers claim that SP2 is
    "breaking" previously working network behavior. Initial testing indicates
    that the cause is the "Internet Firewall" settings on SP2 which have been
    set to default closed! SO by FINALLY doing what ought to have been done
    ages ago (as often argued in posts to this and other lists), Microsoft has
    inadvertently "broken" several customer network installations that got used
    to having transparency to network protocols that, after the installation of
    SP2, are no longer permitted.

    Yay Microsoft, you finally got it right (sort of).

    G 

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