Windows XP reportedly -- I have not verified this -- includes a default configuration that permits IP spoofing. IP spoofing can result in security breaches unless countermeasures such as encryption are used. Background: http://www.linux.com/security/newsitem.phtml?sid=11&aid=8999 http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/I/IP_spoofing.html -Declan iat_private ********* Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 18:08:33 -0400 To: ip-sub-1at_private From: David Farber <daveat_private> Subject: IP: TRO for W2K and XP? >Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 14:24:09 -0400 >To: farberat_private >From: Steve Crocker <steveat_private> >Subject: TRO for W2K and XP? > >Perhaps Microsoft should be encouraged to ship W2000 and XP with stronger >security and a default configuration that prevents IP spoofing. I think >it's inappropriate for a major vendor to release a product which has a >high likelihood of causing its purchasers security problems and which will >be used used as a platform for attacks on others. A temporary restraining >order might be a reasonable form of "encouragement." > >---------------------------------- >Steve Crocker Associates, LLC Bus: +1 301 654 4707 >5110 Edgemoor Lane Fax: +1 202 478 0458 >Bethesda, MD 20814 steveat_private ********* Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 15:43:21 -0400 To: ip-sub-1at_private From: David Farber <daveat_private> Subject: IP: scratch Office XP Went to UPenn's compute store to pick up a copy of Office XP. Seems they had to return the batch they gotsince they wee "all scratched" Sounds like poor QC. Dave ********* Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 19:10:22 -0400 To: ip-sub-1at_private From: David Farber <daveat_private> Subject: IP: MICROSOFT SAYS ITS FUTURE LIES IN SUBSCRIPTIONS: Edupage, June 1, 2001 Seems to me this is how IBM made a lot of money till Justice stopped it -- they called it rentals djf >Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company is gearing itself >to collect subscription revenues rather than offer only packaged >software. The company is moving forward with a subscription >model on several fronts, including the MSN ISP business, the >HailStorm Web service, year-long subscriptions to the new Windows >XP products, and Microsoft's new interactive TV product, >UltimateTV. Already, the company has engineered many of its >products for the move, such as incorporating a Web architecture >in Office XP products so that they can be easily integrated into >back-end office solutions from Great Plains Software. Microsoft >acquired Great Plains this year and has begun packaging Great >Plains software with Office features such as Excel and Outlook. >Analysts question the new model, however, saying it could >endanger Microsoft's stable business and cause mass confusion >in the marketplace. >(Wall Street Journal, 31 May 2001) ********* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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