OT: important windows security update

[calimus@techography.net (Calimus)]

This is an impoortant update as I know many of you use DSL/Cable and
have either win2k or XP connceted directly which leaves you at risk.  If
you have WinNT 4 and it's behind a firewall or proxie, set it to block
port 135 (If I remember correctly) and then your NT boxen will be safe. 
MS is not going to release a patch for NT as it would require the
"Impossible" as far as MS is concerned.

Make no doubt, this is serious and isn't just one of those security
holes that only large companies should worry about.

William

Dan Smith wrote:
> 
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-010.asp
> 
> Affects win2k and winXP and win NT 4, thought there's no patch for
> that OS. Allows someone to do DOS attacks and actually shut down your
> computer.
> 
> Dan
>