Re: Fw: Serious Security Issue in Windows XP SP2's Firewall

From: Harlan Carvey (keydet89_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/23/04

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    Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 04:00:30 -0700 (PDT)
To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com

    > This article in pc-welt was brought to my attention
    > yesterday, and I just
    > have no idea what they are talking about. It is
    > like the entire piece is
    > totally bogus-- has anyone seen anything about this?

    I think you're right. I read through the first two
    lines of the SP2 "issue"...this "certain
    configuration" they're talking about is essentially
    allowing file and printer sharing, even with the f/w
    enabled. Uh...duh!

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