842242 – Some programs seem to stop working after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2
I’ve got to hand it to M$. This latest patch is going to be the ultimate tactic of shirking responsibility that has ever happen in the history of software development.
Market complains to M$ about the lack of security. So now they come up with the Service Pack 2, which turns on the firewall by default and will block off most network services. Take a look at the list via the link above and you will know.
The most glaring one is the web server (IIS) not being able to respond to client requests. What will this mean? Well, they’re simply telling us that they’ve made it safe but if we turn it on in order for others to browse sites that we’re hosting, they won’t be responsible because we’re the ones that open up the vulnerability.
Do note that the a bulk of the security complaints come from companies who use M$ (IIS) as their web server. It now absolves them from bearing any responsibility on issues relating to security arising from the web server.
The following is likely to happen in the future.
User: “Hello, M$ tech support? Someone just hacked into my web server via an IIS vulnerability despite your SP2. Seems like there’s an issue with your webserver.”
M$ demon (snickering): “Oh really? Did you open up port 80 of the firewall for your IIS?”
User: “Duh, I need to do that for my clients to browse my website.”
M$ demon: “There! That’s your problem!! Default access is off, you turned it on, so it’s not our problem.”
User: “What???!!!!”
M$ demon: “Thank you for calling M$, have a nice day!”
DIAL TONE…
think I slip SP2 for now..