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Re: The U.S. State Department needs "DCOMbobulator"

From: Guido van Rooij <guido () gvr org>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:01:56 +0200

On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 12:48:01PM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:12:12 EDT, "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman 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?


Not that I know of.

-Guido

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