FC: Time to get restraining order against Windows XP for bad security?

[Declan McCullagh <i () wired com>]

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
i () wired com

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Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 18:08:33 -0400
To: ip-sub-1 () majordomo pobox com
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: IP: TRO for W2K and XP?


> Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 14:24:09 -0400
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> From: Steve Crocker <steve () stevecrocker com>
> 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."
>
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Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 15:43:21 -0400
To: ip-sub-1 () majordomo pobox com
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
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

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Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 19:10:22 -0400
To: ip-sub-1 () majordomo pobox com
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
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)

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