Microsoft accelerates Windows security update

belveder · 10-16-2003, 04:09 AM

Microsoft accelerates Windows security update

Munir Kotadia
ZDNet UK
October 15, 2003, 13:35 BST

The second Windows XP service pack will include a number of changes designed to allay security fears

A Microsoft executive has said the company will launch Service Pack 2 for Windows XP in December, months earlier than the company forecast on its Service Pack roadmap.

At the Citrix iForum in Florida on Tuesday, Microsoft's corporate vice president of content, Richard Kaplan, who is in charge of the Microsoft.com and Windows Update Web sites, told delegates that Windows XP SP2 would be available by the end of the year. The service pack was originally planned for this year, but had been put back to 2004.

Kaplan admitted that Microsoft's record on security has "not been good enough", but he claims the company is improving. Security is now the number one priority for Microsoft and that will be demonstrated with SP2, he said, revealing that the update will contain enhanced memory protection in an attempt to reduce the operating system's vulnerability to buffer overflow exploits. "One of the primary way worms get onto the system is by what they call a buffer overflow. There is a new technology that lets us lock out people's ability to install code in Windows using a buffer overflow," he said.

Additionally, SP2 will switch on Windows XP's built-in firewall by default and provide better control over ActiveX scripts: "Automatic downloading of ActiveX controls that you don't know about and don't care about -- we are going to make this much, much easier to control."

Kaplan also said that Microsoft will, except in extreme cases, only release patches once a month: "You should install patches on your schedule rather than our schedule," he said.

Dgomeat · 10-16-2003, 06:39 AM

Have to turn off that stupid firewall again :P

firemachine69 · 10-16-2003, 09:28 AM

God forbid you have to click a few times...

Dgomeat · 10-16-2003, 09:52 AM

hey... clicking sucks hehe

firemachine69 · 10-16-2003, 11:44 AM

Then use your kb...

Dgomeat · 10-16-2003, 11:49 AM

kb's suck too... i wanna type and do stuff with the (EXTREMELY LIMITED) power of my mind.

10-16-2003, 04:09 AM	#1
belveder Only Me Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Coordinates : 34:45 south, 138:37 east Posts: 116	Microsoft accelerates Windows security update Microsoft accelerates Windows security update Munir Kotadia ZDNet UK October 15, 2003, 13:35 BST The second Windows XP service pack will include a number of changes designed to allay security fears A Microsoft executive has said the company will launch Service Pack 2 for Windows XP in December, months earlier than the company forecast on its Service Pack roadmap. At the Citrix iForum in Florida on Tuesday, Microsoft's corporate vice president of content, Richard Kaplan, who is in charge of the Microsoft.com and Windows Update Web sites, told delegates that Windows XP SP2 would be available by the end of the year. The service pack was originally planned for this year, but had been put back to 2004. Kaplan admitted that Microsoft's record on security has "not been good enough", but he claims the company is improving. Security is now the number one priority for Microsoft and that will be demonstrated with SP2, he said, revealing that the update will contain enhanced memory protection in an attempt to reduce the operating system's vulnerability to buffer overflow exploits. "One of the primary way worms get onto the system is by what they call a buffer overflow. There is a new technology that lets us lock out people's ability to install code in Windows using a buffer overflow," he said. Additionally, SP2 will switch on Windows XP's built-in firewall by default and provide better control over ActiveX scripts: "Automatic downloading of ActiveX controls that you don't know about and don't care about -- we are going to make this much, much easier to control." Kaplan also said that Microsoft will, except in extreme cases, only release patches once a month: "You should install patches on your schedule rather than our schedule," he said. __________________

10-16-2003, 06:39 AM	#2
Dgomeat Truly HARDCORE Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,842	Re: Microsoft accelerates Windows security update Have to turn off that stupid firewall again :P

10-16-2003, 09:28 AM	#3
firemachine69 hCw~junkie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 13,832	Re: Microsoft accelerates Windows security update God forbid you have to click a few times... __________________

10-16-2003, 09:52 AM	#4
Dgomeat Truly HARDCORE Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,842	Re: Microsoft accelerates Windows security update hey... clicking sucks hehe

10-16-2003, 11:44 AM	#5
firemachine69 hCw~junkie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 13,832	Re: Microsoft accelerates Windows security update Then use your kb... __________________

10-16-2003, 11:49 AM	#6
Dgomeat Truly HARDCORE Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,842	Re: Microsoft accelerates Windows security update kb's suck too... i wanna type and do stuff with the (EXTREMELY LIMITED) power of my mind.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Can't use Windows Update	Mr. Chris	Troubleshooting	3	09-23-2003 07:39 AM
Sun to unveil software to replace Windows	rockos	hardCOREware Lounge	14	09-17-2003 12:26 AM
Need Some Help	m0nk3yb0y	hardCOREware Lounge	14	10-25-2002 01:26 PM
Microsoft forced to modularize Windows	BPizzuti	hardCOREware Lounge	15	03-09-2002 10:48 AM
Windows Update doesn't work!	TheMaker	Troubleshooting	2	08-26-2000 08:46 PM