[access-uk] Re: SP2 and should you install it

I am running a hardware firewall as well as the windows X P  S P 2
firewall and have had no probs with them so far touch wood hahah  

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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Barry
Sent: 29 August 2004 18:35
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: SP2 and should you install it


Can we run a third party firewall and the SP2 firewall at the same time?
Barry H

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Colin @ New Vision 
  To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 5:26 PM
  Subject: [access-uk] Re: SP2 and should you install it


  Hi John
  That's where most of the flaw reports are now coming from, as
companies test
  it with their own bespoke software. We can safely assume all the
Microsoft
  software and the major software vendors have put it through extensive
tests.
  I totally agree with you when you say it has to be better for the home
PC
  user as they tend to use the more standard application software.

  The point of more concern being users tending to rely on SP2 being the
fix
  to their security problems and ignoring or taking off their existing
  firewalls and security measures.

  I think it has already been mentioned on this list if they download
SP2 can
  they remove their existing firewall.
  I think ZoneAlarm was the one mentioned.

  I would certainly recommend not removing any backup security measures
until
  we can be assured that SP2 is functioning as it should.

  Regards
  Colin

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "John Farley" <john_farley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 4:08 PM
  Subject: [access-uk] Re: SP2 and should you install it


  > It is not necessarily the flaw reports that are stopping companies
from
  > installing SP2. It is because they have not yet tested and proved it
with
  > all of their applications, many of which will be bespoke and not, by
their
  > very nature, tested by Microsoft.
  >
  >
  > For the home user, not using any particularly special software,
there is
  no
  > real reason not to install SP2. In fact the extra security in it
probably
  > means that the home user should install it as soon as practical.
  >
  > As usual there are too many scare stories going around about the odd
  > potential issue where the real fact is that it will improve the
situation
  of
  > security.
  >
  > Please be aware that I am not saying that SP2 will cure all ills,
just
  that
  > it will improve the security of the home PC.
  > There will, of course, be issues found in it; there will be
subsequent
  > fixes. Install them!
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >
  > Regards, John
  >
  > Contact on : (Home)
  > john_farley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  >         or : (work)
  > john.farley@xxxxxxxx
  >
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
  Of
  > Colin @ New Vision
  > Sent: 29 August 2004 15:49
  > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  > Subject: [access-uk] SP2 and should you install it
  >
  > The flaw reports are causing companies to hesitate even more before
  > installing Microsoft's latest step to secure Windows. Many companies
have
  > said they will hold off on the update until it has been thoroughly
vetted.
  > SP2 is designed to add better security to the operating system's
handling
  of
  > network data, program memory, browsing activity and e-mail messages
by
  > changing the system's code and configuration. For example, a
revamped
  > firewall is intended to keep attackers out and attempts to prevent
  malicious
  > applications from connecting to the Internet by requiring that the
user
  give
  > specific permission to each application.
  >
  > The major software update, which took almost a year to create, came
to
  life
  > after the MSBlast worm hit the Internet on Aug. 11. Almost 26 days
before,
  > Microsoft had issued a patch for the security hole the worm
exploited, but
  > many people did not install the fix even though there was widespread
  > expectation that a virus would be created to take advantage of the
flaw.
  >
  > Microsoft have never claimed that SP2 would close all the security
holes.
  >
  > Microsoft firewall protects only against inbound threats, not
outbound
  > threats, such as keystroke-logging Trojans that report your
passwords and
  > credit card information to others. Also, the lack of outbound
protection
  > means your infected PC could still participate in distributed
  > denial-of-service attacks. In short  keep your third-party firewall
  enabled
  > alongside Microsoft's. Two firewalls are better than one.
  >
  >
  > Since we're talking about Microsoft software, it's entirely possible
that
  > virus writers will soon write code that turns off the Windows
Security
  > Centre or at least leads it to falsify its status reports (saying,
for
  > instance, that a security measure is enabled when it's really not).
So
  don't
  > just rely on the Security Centre's status messages. Periodically
check
  your
  > antivirus and firewall applications independently of the centre.
  >
  > Bottom line: Microsoft made significant progress toward remedying
its past
  > problems, but it still falls far short of putting Microsoft on the
leading
  > edge in PC security. Install Windows XP SP2 when you get the
opportunity
  but
  > don't expect this one update to solve all your Internet security
issues.
  To
  > be safe, keep and maintain third-party antivirus and firewall
programs.
  >
  > Regards
  >
  > Colin
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