Re: Does anyone else get pop up messages when not logged on

From: Bill Sanderson (Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org)
Date: 11/15/02 

From: "Bill Sanderson" <Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 17:47:09 -0500

I've got no problem with questioning current policy--and I'm glad you
acknowledge the issue of time and development cycles.

If you use the wizard to configure the network it will turn on the firewall
if appropriate. I think it is fair to say that the default is off, but the
consequences of it being ON on a file and print-sharing interface would be a
disaster--how can the system know whether a particular interface is the
Internet facing interface?
(Maybe there is some simple technical answer to this--I don't know!)

"Gary Flynn" <flynngn@jmu.edu> wrote in message
news:3DD4F8D5.B377C4BC@jmu.edu...
> Bill Sanderson wrote:
> >
> > In the case of Windows XP, I don't agree with his characterization that
> > the
> > system is shipped unsecured, or that the default state of the firewall
> > is
> > disabled.
> >
> > I believe that a new user is guided to, maybe even required to, use the
> > wizard to configure the network or an internet connection, and that the
> > wizard will enable the firewall if the network is described accurately.
>
> I think XP was a step in the right direction for Microsoft. Not only
> for the firewall but the tightening of ACLs and the disabling of
> network shares if an Administrator password isn't set.
>
> I seem to recall that enabling the firewall is an option. Isn't that
> correct? In other words, if I want it on, I have to turn it on. I'd
> rather have the setup configured so I have to turn it off. :)
>
> I may just be a little impatient. Change takes time. The Internet
> has come upon us quickly as have the related security issues.
> Development cycles and strategy for operating systems are large
> ships that take time to turn. But I retain the right to question
> current policy and products in hopes that someone will hear.
> If all the marketing departments hear is "easier, faster, cheaper",
> that's all we'll ever get.
>
> --
> Gary Flynn
> Security Engineer - Technical Services
> James Madison University
>
> Please R.U.N.S.A.F.E.
> http://www.jmu.edu/computing/runsafe

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