full-disclosure - Odd Behavior - Windows Messenger Service

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From: Bojan.Zdrnja at LSS.hr (Bojan Zdrnja)
Subject: Odd Behavior - Windows Messenger Service

Well,

I don't actually see a point in this.
If a service like that starts before login that's fine - it's the design and
you have to live with it.
If the service bothers you, disable it.

As far as I know, safe practice should make you disable absolutely
everything you don't want or need *before* connecting the machine to the
Internet.

I don't believe you will install RedHat 6.2 on the machine, go away for a
coffee while letting it sit on a login screen and return and find it like it
was :)

Just my 2 euro cents ..

Bojan Zdrnja

> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com 
> [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com] On Behalf Of 
> morning_wood
> Sent: Thursday, 17 July 2003 3:53 p.m.
> To: Jay Sulzberger; full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
> Cc: Jay Sulzberger
> Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Odd Behavior - Windows 
> Messenger Service
> 
> 
> >
> > > The service starts before you login.
> > > This is normal behaviour.
> >
> > Perhaps.  But this behavior is not sane.
> >
> > If this behavior is incorrigible by an ordinary sysadmin using the
> standard
> > tools, then that alone disqualifies the OS for serious use, 
> even were the
> > code free.
> >
> > oo--JS.
> >
> >
> 
> omg.. thank you, thank you, thank you
> 
> 
> Donnie Werner
> http://nothackers.org
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