RE: Win2k SP3

From: Rob Fogle (rob@deltaed.com)
Date: 08/19/02 

Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 10:47:13 -0400
From: "Rob Fogle" <rob@deltaed.com>
To: "Chris Norris" <chris.norris@cpnmedia.co.uk>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>

I am more worried about some hacker breaking the code that allows M$
access to you system. Once they have broken that (which they will
inevitably do) they will have access to the data.

Rob Fogle
Director of Information Technology
Delta Educational Systems

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Norris [mailto:chris.norris@cpnmedia.co.uk]
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 1:50 PM
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
Subject: FW: Win2k SP3

"Accepting the EULA and giving M$ the right to 'monitor and update W2k
components'"

What puzzles me is how this EULA is enforced. How does MS get the
information? Through the internet obviously, unless crack teams of MS
engineers slip into your company at night and stealthily gather
information.
So why not block MS servers at the firewall?
Why would any ordinary user need to access MS on the net? Well you could
say to use Windows Updates. But most corporates do that as part of sys
admin and install patches as and when. So you could have your own PC and
your PC only allowed to access MS. But then, would that be 'illegal'
under the EULA terms? Would that be a breach of the agreement?
So then, how will MS get this info?
As I've said before, I've put SP3 on all the W2K servers and I've had no
problem.
I'm not worried about MS looking at the servers except it will be in the
firewall/proxy logs and I would simply block em.

Chris Norris

Relevant Pages

  • FW: Win2k SP3
    ... "Accepting the EULA and giving M$ the right to 'monitor and update W2k ... What puzzles me is how this EULA is enforced. ... So why not block MS servers at the firewall? ... firewall/proxy logs and I would simply block em. ...
    (Security-Basics)
  • RE: Win2k SP3
    ... "Accepting the EULA and giving M$ the right to 'monitor and update W2k ... So why not block MS servers at the firewall? ... support company your working with. ...
    (Security-Basics)
  • Re: Best Vector Graphics Package On Any Platform
    ... licencing, Microsoft and Windows updates. ... I have to admit that our servers at school cause problems, ... It seems pretty stupid to update them all at the same time without ...
    (comp.sys.acorn.apps)
  • RE: BugCheck and Supposed Reboot
    ... Windows Updates are NOT installed. ... To answer your RAID question - No IBM hardware, ... >> software changes to those Servers and they have been in production for over ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: Win2K Server WU failure...
    ... I've uploaded the new WindowsUpdate.log files from both servers. ... Both of these servers require different updates and neither can get them. ... > Please try Windows Updates again and see if the above have solved the ... > torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsupdate)
Loading