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As anticipated, some systems have had problems after installation of the new service pack. But many people report that their installations have been successful and without incident. Some of you might want to wait until later to install SP2. If you use Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS) or Automatic Updates, you'll probably need to disable SP2 installation until you're ready for it. Microsoft has released two tools to help: "Toolkit to Temporarily Block Delivery of Windows XP SP2 to a PC Through Automatic Updates and Windows" (at the first URL below) and "Executable to Un-block Delivery of Windows XP SP2 to a PC Through Automatic Updates and Windows Update" (at the second URL below). http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8bce6bba-ea5d-4425-89c1-c1cb1ccd463c&displaylang=en http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b2300c7b-f3d7-48d6-b86c-1256c0321727&displaylang=en If you want to slipstream SP2 into your XP installation packages, Adrian Earnshaw posted a link in the NTBugtraq mailing list (at the first URL below) that points to an article on the Windows-Help.NET Web site that describes step-by-step how to create a slipstream package (at the second URL below). http://www.ntbugtraq.com http://www.windows-help.net/windowsxp/winxp-sp2-bootcd.html Some people might have difficulty with Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) after installing SP2. Rod Trent posted a link in the PatchManagement.org mailing list (at the first URL below) that points to an FAQ on the myITforum.com Web site. The FAQ (at the second URL below) tells how to correct certain problems with SP2 and SMS that might relate to Distributed COM (DCOM) and access through port 135. http://www.patchmanagement.org http://myitforum.techtarget.com/articles/1/view.asp?id=7648 If you're looking for information and tools from Microsoft related to SP2, try the search engine at the Microsoft Download Center. If you select Windows XP as the Product/Technology and enter the keywords "Service Pack 2," you'll find lots of articles, tools, and reference material to help you. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en The Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) also has a Web page--the Microsoft Security Developer Center--that lists lots of security resources for developers, including a course, "Windows XP Service Pack 2 Training for Developers," which provides "awareness of the implications in the deployment of Service Pack 2 on computers running on the Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Editions and how the application developer will be affected by them." http://msdn.microsoft.com/security/productinfo/xpsp2/default.aspx At Microsoft's support site, you'll find a Web page that contains lots of links to a few known issues, as well as troubleshooting, step-by-step help, and more. You'll also find a link to an upcoming Webcast, "Understanding Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2," which is scheduled for August 19, 10:00 A.M. Pacific Time. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=windowsxpsp2it One more resource you might find helpful is the "Windows XP Service Pack 2 Experiences" Web forum hosted by the SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center. The forum has classified posts according to the poster's experience with SP2--that is, whether he or she had "no problems," "small problems," "big problems, but solvable," "big problems, could not use/install," "had to rebuild system," or "no opinion." If you're having trouble with SP2, you might read the forum's posts or use its search engine to see whether anyone had similar trouble and found a solution. http://isc.sans.org/xpsp2.php ==================== ==== Sponsor: Free Security White Paper from Postini ==== The Shifting Tactics of Spammers: What You Need to Know about New Email Threats As the incidence of spam and malicious emails carrying viruses and worms continues to increase, conventional content filtering anti-spam solutions fail to keep pace. This paper will describe the latest email threats, how spam filters typically operate and how spammers are attempting to defeat conventional software and appliance content filtering technologies. You'll see how spammers are moving beyond hash busting and Bayesian poisoning and learn how spammers are stealing addresses from your email directory with "directory harvest attacks"—compromising and even bringing down your email servers. Download this free white paper now! http://list.winnetmag.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eg6z0CJgSH0CBw0BKda0AZ ==================== ==== 2. Security News and Features ==== Recent Security Vulnerabilities If you subscribe to this newsletter, you also receive Security Alerts, which inform you about recently discovered security vulnerabilities. You can also find information about these discoveries at http://www.winnetmag.com/departments/departmentid/752/752.html News: Microsoft Issues August Security Fixes Microsoft issued just one new fix in its August collection of security bulletins. The fix is a security bulletin that has a moderate severity rating and affects Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5. One fix is a far cry from July's monthly updates, which included eight bulletins. Two weeks ago, however, Microsoft released a set of Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) fixes out of sync with its monthly security updates; the fixes patched IE flaws that were discovered in June. http://www.winnetmag.com/article/articleid/43602/43602.html Feature: Cleaning Up After Classified Email Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), the birthplace of the atomic bomb and one of the most secretive places in the United States, has had several security breaches, including the sending of classified messages over the lab's unclassified email system. LANL's problems got Paul Robichaux thinking about the technical challenges of "cleaning" an ordinary email system through which someone has sent confidential or sensitive information. It's no easy task. 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It Had to Happen Sooner or Later, Part 2 Somebody has released a malicious Windows CE worm that inserts a back door into the OS. What Are You Exposing in Your Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Files? Microsoft recently released an update to its Remove Hidden Data tool (rhdtool.exe) that cleans hidden and collaboration data out of Office 2003 and Office XP files. ==== 4. Security Toolkit ==== FAQ: I have an internal firewall between sections of my network. What ports must I open to allow user and computer account authentication? by John Savill, http://www.winnetmag.com/windowsnt20002003faq A. Basic authentication on a network consists of several steps. First, the client locates a domain controller (DC), which requires DNS connectivity--UDP and TCP ports 53. Next, the client performs a connectivity test by using a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Ping--UDP port 389. 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