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From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu) Subject: "MS Blast" Win2000 Patch Download On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 13:15:19 EDT, James Patterson Wicks <pwicks@...gen.com> said: > If the environment is so bad that you cannot even do that, then you should > be surfing Monster.com for a new job rather than ranting at people on this > forum for offering sound suggestions to combat the problem. Well, the reason it attracted the rant was because the rant was right on point. > > It's probably worth mentioning even more that if you have > > port 135 bocked on your firewall, you wouldn't have to worry > > about it :( The point is that you *DO* still have to worry about it. I'm glad to see that both the author of this quote (attribution lost, orry) and yourself, in your national enterprise that blocks port 135 at the border, has managed to implement *strict* security on laptops, guaranteeing that no machine ever connects to an outside network and then to an inside one in such a way as to possibly bring something in. There was mention made on one of the other lists that a site *HAD* blocked 135 at the border before the worm even made an appearance, and were congratulating themselves on their foresight. Two whole hours later, they were fighting an outbreak inside their network. Remember - all it takes is *ONE* laptop.... -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 226 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/attachments/20030814/e1ec421e/attachment.bin
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