full-disclosure - M$ - so what should they do?

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From: dhill+fulldisc at cricalix.net (Duncan Hill)
Subject: M$ - so what should they do?

On Tuesday 22 June 2004 07:31, Aditya, ALD [ Aditya Lalit Deshmukh ] might 
have typed:

> CON and NULL should stay but COM, AUX and LPT should go away. i had a
> server in which the script kiddes got into the ftp server and made a COM1
> folder on ntfs. had been a pain in neck to rename that folder - had to use
> linux with ntfs support!

If memory serves, 2K+ has a POSIX toolset that lets you remove those 
privileged files.  I know I tested it once, just to make sure it would work 
(though the server never got compromised).  I don't think NT4 did though.