full-disclosure - Odd Behavior - Windows Messenger Service

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From: jr at inconspicuous.org (John Reilly)
Subject: Odd Behavior - Windows Messenger Service

On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 12:08, morning_wood wrote:
> this is no misconfigured server, as I stated .. I FOLOWED THE PROMPTS OUT
> OF THE BOX to install XP
>     it IS behind a router IN the DMZ ( port 445 is open to it ) , the
> message did NOT come from my LAN, as I am the only one on it.

Its generally not considered good practice to install your host in an
open (or even partially open) network.  The host should be fully
installed, patched and configured securely before connecting.