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Message-ID: <C3934475DC2DD511B5510004ACB8AF0F2A0DAC@dckci01.dc.state.ks.us>
From: dennisc at kdoc.dc.state.ks.us (Dennis Cooper)
Subject: FW: The U.S. State Department needs "DCOMbobula
tor"
>From the M$ blurb on disabling DCOM, It appears to NOT be needed.
See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=825750
"Warning If you disable DCOM, may you may lose operating system
functionality. After you disable support for DCOM, the following may result:
Any COM objects that can be activated remotely may not function correctly.
The local COM+ snap-in will not be able to connect to remote servers to
enumerate their COM+ catalog.
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) queries against remote servers may
not function correctly."
Dennis Cooper
MSST III
Kansas Department of Corrections
Kansas Correctional Industries
-----Original Message-----
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu [mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu]
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 11:48 AM
To: Richard M. Smith
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] The U.S. State Department needs
"DCOMbobulator"
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:12:12 EDT, "Richard M. Smith"
<rms@...puterbytesman.com> said:
> For most Windows users, I bet that the only time DCOM ever gets used, if
> at all, is to run worms like MSBlaster and Welchia.
Isn't DCOM needed for the WindowsUpdate stuff to work? Or am I
misremembering?
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