Re: What is a "service pack" basically?
From: Jayan (Jayan_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/06/04
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Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 02:04:01 -0700
I was simply having a cheap dig at MS ;)
Most of their updates seems to plug one hole by opening another, wether the new hole is better or worse than the closed one is open for debate, but I really can't be arsed to argue about it.
"Kent W. England [MVP]" wrote:
> Jayan wrote:
>
> > Please tell me you copy & pasted this and don't have it stored to
> > memory.
> >
> > One note about Windows update is that after installing the new SP
> > dont sit there thinking that you are secure as I'm sure it will open
> > a whole world of trouble on our PC's (no offence MS but look at your
> > track record ;) )
> >
> > So re-update after installing.
> >
> That made me laugh out loud! No, I don't have it committed to memory.
> Read all about it yourself at
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2chngs.mspx
>
> I don't understand your other comment. Of course there are still unknown
> vulnerabilities, but if SP2 is successful, SP2 protections will block
> exploits of those vulnerabilities until MS has time to patch. For
> example, HTA applications can still run in the local zone, but getting
> the file placed there and executed from within IE is much more difficult
> now than it was before.
>
> Certainly leave Windows Update set on automatic after installing SP2.
>
> If SP2 is successful, it will be worth upgrading from 9x or 2K to get
> these security features. But it all depends on how the hackers respond.
>
> --
> Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows Security
>
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