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title: Not nearly paranoid enough date: 2004-11-05 12:35:47

While looking for an article on Windows XP's SP2 firewall doohickie, I came across this article. Check out these gems:

When you check Don’t allow exceptions, XP won't accept incoming connections for network services that appear on the exceptions list. This feature is handy when you suspect your machine is the target of malicious activity, as well as when you’re connected to the Internet using a public, possibly unsecure, connection.

When you suspect your machine is the target of malicious activity, as well as when you're connected to the Internet using a public, possibly unsecure, connection. Holy crap, did I miss the return of 1986 or something? It gets better:

This mode also is useful when a Trojan or worm attempts to propagate across a network. If detected early, you might be able to prevent a machine from becoming infected by disabling access to local shared resources and services. When the threat has passed, you permit XP to accept incoming requests for applications on the Exception list by clearing the Don’t allow exceptions check box.

Believe it or not, I'm speechless. Yep. Out of speech. No speech for me, thanks -- I'm full.