[64500] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: AOL fixing Microsoft default settings
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J Bacher)
Sat Oct 25 11:56:51 2003
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 10:49:37 -0500 (CDT)
From: J Bacher <jb@jbacher.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0310242328160.15737-100000@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Sean Donelan wrote:
> Microsoft has asked ISPs to make changes on its behalf, such as enabling
> the XP firewall. But is it wise for an ISP to change the settings on
> a user's computer? If Microsoft is reluctant to make the changes itself,
> what problems is the ISP creating?
Increased tech support expense for other Microsoft products.
