[60576] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Microsoft to ship new versions with firewall enabled
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
Thu Aug 14 11:35:08 2003
To: "McBurnett, Jim" <jmcburnett@msmgmt.com>
Cc: "Scott McGrath" <mcgrath@fas.harvard.edu>,
"John Neiberger" <john.neiberger@efirstbank.com>, nanog@merit.edu
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 11:29:41 -0400
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
In message <9BF6F06C4BC90746ADD6806746492A332AED57@msmmail01.msmgmt.com>, "McBu
rnett, Jim" writes:
>
>
>From: Scott McGrath [mailto:mcgrath@fas.harvard.edu]
>>No answer on that one, However Mac OS X also includes a built in firewall.
>
>>On the configuration angle, the Microsoft ICF (Internet Connection
>>Firewall) blocks everything by default.
>
> I just worked on a friends computer last night.
>The XP ICF firewall was on, and it did not stop
>the bug..
>I want to test that in a lab environment though...
>
The Wall Street Journal noted that Microsoft is testing a variety of
other security products, including one from Tiny Software because
(according to Microsoft itself) "it's more advanced".
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
