Nash said Microsoft is officially sticking to a ship date in the first half of the year for the Windows XP Service Pack 2. He noted that corporate customers and partners will be able to get the beta from their account representative or through MSDN and TechNet Plus in the "near future.
Windows XP SP 2 is considered by many to be much more than a service pack. Nash demonstrated new security features in SP2, including pop-up windows that alert users when their computer is at risk of virus, a new feature called the Windows Security Center that verifies update and firewall information, a pop-up blocker and a "gold bar" that shows when a pop-up window has been blocked.
He and other Microsoft executives said Windows XP SP2 is designed for systems "on the edge," such as laptop PCs and remote PCs connecting in an out of the network.
Microsoft is working simultaneously on host security technologies that will add a new layer of protection for host clients and servers, including anti-virus, host intrusion detection and vulnerability detection tools, said Eric Lockard, general manager of Microsoft's Host Security Technologies, Microsoft Security Business and Technology Unit.
For instance, Microsoft is working on active protection technologies such as intrusion prevention and behavior blockers to derail worms and viruses at different stages of their life cycle, executives noted.
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