Upcoming Service Pack doesn't change much -- and that's good

ENT News | at | by Mike

All the emphasis right now is on Windows XP SP2 -- and rightly so. But there's another Windows service pack just around the bend, and if early indications are accurate, Windows Server 2003 SP1 shows how far Microsoft has come in terms of OS security.

There are many changes in SP1, currently scheduled for release in the first half of next year. They include the biggest security enhancement, the Security Configuration Wizard (SCW). The SCW will be able to determine what role a particular server plays on a network, and turn off all non-essential services on that box, considerably tightening up its security.