RE: [Full-Disclosure] lame bitching about xpsp2

["Jonathan Rickman" <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>The problem with M$'s patches/updates/fixes/sp's is that they assume they know 
>better >than you what the settings should be, and without asking they override 
>any current >settings.
 
No it doesn't. It mirrored the ICF firewall settings I already had in place on 
every machine I put it on...even the custom rules that allowed local clients to 
attach to my X server running in cygwin, bittorrent traffic, and the ssh rules 
on 3 vmware network adapters. That's pretty much the definition of retaining 
current settings.
 
>For example, if they are going to enable the firewall, and block all incoming 
>ports, give >the knowledgable users the option of either disabling the 
>firewall, or allowing selected >ports access.

You can modify the settings through 2 different interfaces. Either go to the 
control panel and set things up the way you want, or read up on doing it from 
the command line if that makes you feel special. 
 
Sheesh, talk about "damned if you do...damned if you don't"!!!
 
--
Jonathan

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