On the general tab you will notice a spot displays the start up type. By default it is set to manual. This allows it to start up when ever the service is called. We want to change the start up type to disable. This can be done by selecting Disable from the drop down box. Problems abound! Disable Cryptographic Services at your peril! Automatic Updates will not function and you will have problems with Task Manager as well as other security mechanisms. I've changed the way I charge my iPhone.
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The SecurityFocus archive has the details. Bruce Schneier of Counterpane Internet Security literally wrote the book on cryptography and security. Bruce's January newsletter discusses the Windows UPnP Vulnerability, Microsoft's misleading statements about this problem, and their recent security policy changes.
You should read Bruce's commentary. See the end of this page for additional press coverage of this developing issue. Why did this disaster happen? This allows malicious hackers or high-speed Internet worms located anywhere in the world to scan for, and locate, individual Windows UPnP-equipped machines.
Note that when enabled, XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall ICF , and some third-party personal firewalls, are effective in blocking this external access. Can't anyone make an honest mistake? Of course. The last time Microsoft did this, the server was called "File and Printer Sharing".
The insecurity of that decision has caused untold customer damage through the years and it still causes serious problems. Yet every copy of Windows XP sold has it enabled and running by default. This goes to the heart of Microsoft's lack of understanding, or lack of honest concern, about security. An Observation about the nature of 'Security' A number of Microsoft spokesmen have publicly stated that Windows XP is the most secure operating system they have ever produced.
The declaration itself is patently absurd. Microsoft can say that they hope Windows XP will be the most secure system they have ever made, or that they tried to make it secure. But they have no basis for a statement that it is actually secure. That judgement may only be properly made by history. As reported by Ted Bridis writing for the Associated Press , Scott Culp, Microsoft's extremely busy security response manager, stated: "This is the first network-based, remote compromise that I'm aware of for Windows desktop systems.
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