[60565] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Microsoft to ship new versions with firewall enabled
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Neiberger)
Thu Aug 14 10:42:42 2003
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 08:41:23 -0600
From: "John Neiberger" <john.neiberger@efirstbank.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
>>>> Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> 8/14/03 8:29:07 AM >>>
>John Markoff reports in the New York Times that Microsoft plans to
change
>how it ships Windows XP due to the worm. In the future Microsoft
will
>ship both business and consumer verisons of Windows XP with the
included
>firewall enabled by default.
[Veering further off-topic]
Hmm...I didn't even know XP had a built-in firewall. Any bets on how
long it is before other companies with software firewall products bring
suit against Microsoft for bundling a firewall in the OS?
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