full-disclosure - WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things

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From: niekbaakman at home.nl (Niek Baakman)
Subject: WIndows XP SP2 "breaks" things

Gregory A. Gilliss said the following on 8/11/2004 12:21 AM GMT+2:
> All,
> 
> Just FYI, my company is experiencing a high volume of calls from customers
> claiming that they have installed Windows SP2. Customers claim that SP2 is
> "breaking" previously working network behavior. Initial testing indicates
> that the cause is the "Internet Firewall" settings on SP2 which have been 
> set to default closed! SO by FINALLY doing what ought to have been done 
> ages ago (as often argued in posts to this and other lists), Microsoft has
> inadvertently "broken" several customer network installations that got used
> to having transparency to network protocols that, after the installation of 
> SP2, are no longer permitted.
> 
> Yay Microsoft, you finally got it right (sort of).
> 
> G

I do not see how this is different than people opening virus attachments.
"Oh look here is something which looks familiar, lets click it."
And then blaming someone else for the trouble they find themselves in.

Seriously, you've had more than enough time to educate yourself on the 
subject of SP2 for Windows XP. Microsoft released numerous docs on the 
subject. All the industry's websites/magazines are covering it almost every 
day, and still you blame Microsoft for 'breaking' your customers network 
installations ?

Perhaps now would be a good time to educate yourself ?

Kind regards,

Niek Baakman