Windows XP Firewall Bug Flies Under the Radar

Posted by timothy on Wednesday December 22, 2004 @05:18AM from the mistakes-were-made dept.

echocharlie writes "Last Friday, the Computer World reported a quiet update to Windows XP that fixed a bug in the Windows Firewall included in SP2. Gary Schare, Director of Windows Product Management, said it was 'an unfortunate oversight.' The update wasn't mentioned in Microsoft's Security Bulletin even though it's listed as critical because it's a configuration change, not a software fix. The bug may cause shared files and printers to be accessible by others on the Internet. Unfortunate, indeed. Patch those boxes."

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short summary by TheGratefulNet · 2004-12-22 05:51 · Score: 4, Insightful

use an external firewall, one you can trust, one that ONLY does routing/firewalling.

sp2's fw is nice to have. but not SUFFICIENT to have.

that about sums it up.

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