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Correct, a friend of mine was recently portscanned 45 times and the method to exploit this is both easily and widely available. I assume you got all that info from the FAQ, there's more in the NT situation and such as well, along with what actually is the cause of the problem and what port 135 does. As far as I know, blocking that port won't affect anything. But yes, definitely an update to get as a DOS attack is annoying. While you're at it, do a complete update.
Dan
Calimus <calimus@techography.net> wrote: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
>
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<P>Correct, a friend of mine was recently portscanned 45 times and the method to exploit this is both easily and widely available. I assume you got all that info from the FAQ, there's more in the NT situation and such as well, along with what actually is the cause of the problem and what port 135 does. As far as I know, blocking that port won't affect anything. But yes, definitely an update to get as a DOS attack is annoying. While you're at it, do a complete update.
<P>Dan
<P> <B><I>Calimus <calimus@techography.net></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">This is an impoortant update as I know many of you use DSL/Cable and<BR>have either win2k or XP connceted directly which leaves you at risk. If<BR>you have WinNT 4 and it's behind a firewall or proxie, set it to block<BR>port 135 (If I remember correctly) and then your NT boxen will be safe. <BR>MS is not going to release a patch for NT as it would require the<BR>"Impossible" as far as MS is concerned.<BR><BR>Make no doubt, this is serious and isn't just one of those security<BR>holes that only large companies should worry about.<BR><BR>William<BR><BR>Dan Smith wrote:<BR>> <BR>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-010.asp<BR>> <BR>> Affects win2k and winXP and win NT 4, thought there's no patch for<BR>> that OS. Allows someone to do DOS attacks and actually shut down your<BR>> computer.<BR>> <BR>> Dan<BR>><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Scirocco-l mailing list<BR>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l</BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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