More ridiculous than that time Microsoft shipped an operating system with no firewall enabled by default and a feature designed to allow for remote commands to be executed?<p>I think the Blaster Worm and other variants that took advantage of that excellent decision were far worse.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Blaster_(computer_worm)" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Blaster_(computer_worm)</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;books.google.com&#x2F;books?id=_TgEAAAAMBAJ&amp;pg=PA60&amp;lpg=PA60&amp;dq=steve+gibson+windows+xp+firewall&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=-INXwLArT3&amp;sig=rAt1aZ9PrKdl4ZeJhrfi1KqVMEU&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiKvNrr06LKAhWBSCYKHS6sBmEQ6AEIPzAF#v=onepage&amp;q=steve%20gibson%20windows%20xp%20firewall&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;books.google.com&#x2F;books?id=_TgEAAAAMBAJ&amp;pg=PA60&amp;lpg=P...</a>