Microsoft has re-done it's recent "Security Roll-up 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4." This new, second revision comes on the heels of several problems reported after users installed the first version. I've rolled out the first version, though, to several PCs here with no problems reported, so this may or may not be a worthwhile update for you.

"The revamp to Rollup 1 Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 is a "high-priority" update rather than a security update, Microsoft said Tuesday, when it issued the pack. In its advance notification for Patch Tuesday, the software maker said it would deliver a nonsecurity update but did not provide any further details."

C|Net is reporting that Mozilla has released a patch for the International Domain Name (IDN) flaw that was discovered last week by Tom Ferris. The patch actually just makes a configuration change that you could do yourself without the patch, but they released the patch anyway. The flaw will reportedly be addressed in the next Firefox release, 1.5 Beta 2, due at the beginning of next month.

"Switching off IDN support impacts a subset of Firefox and Mozilla users who actually use such special domain names, he said. Though there is no known attack that takes advantage of the flaw, Mozilla advises Firefox and Mozilla users to disable IDN."