Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT)

Mon Apr 19 17:57:43 UTC 2004

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-- Jonathan

-----Original Message-----
From: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jonathan.slivko at earthlink.net>
Sent: Apr 19, 2004 1:51 PM
To: Jeff Shultz <jeffshultz at wvi.com>, "'nanog at merit.edu'" <nanog at merit.edu>
Cc: jonathan.slivko at earthlink.net
Subject: Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT)

-----Original Message-----
From: "Jeff Shultz, WIllamette Valley Internet" <jeffshultz at wvi.com>
Sent: Apr 19, 2004 1:39 PM
To: "'nanog at merit.edu'" <nanog at merit.edu>
Subject: Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT)

>I can burn a CD from ISO in about 5 minutes - how about you? 
>I'm talking about XP users who haven't even updated as far as SP1.
>Win98 users who have never run an update in their life...  
>Win2k users are usually the most patched up that I've seen - because
>that went into mostly business environments. 
>
>This would at least get them up to the level of the playing field,
>where the routine updates are not as much of a hassle.  Sure, you'll
>get the little old ladies and gentlemen who will drop by every month
>for their service pack fix, but that's just customer service. 

Doesn't Windows XP automatically do this by default currently? If not, it's something that Microsoft should consider setting to "ON" automatically to help defend the users from hackers, and in the same turn, help defend the ISP's network from being maliciously attacked or used for illegitimate purposes. However - I do think that Windows needs some more improvements in the area of security (which UNIX/Linux already has). However - to Microsoft's credit, they seem to be doing a rather nice  job of actually beefing up their security practices. Now, if only they could figure out how to make Outlook/Outlook Express more security-concious because as of the time of this writing, the Outlook Express/Outlook defaults are extremely unsafe.

Does anyone have/care to post a URL that explains how to set Outlook Express/Outlook to be more secure?

-- Jonathan

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