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Re: Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today
From: "Larry Seltzer" <larry () larryseltzer com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:20:43 -0400
All XP SP2 and later users have the firewall on by default. Surely this is an immense percentage of users by now. Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larry.seltzer () ziffdavisenterprise com -----Original Message----- From: Paul Ferguson [mailto:fergdawgster () gmail com] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:20 PM To: Larry Seltzer Cc: Juha-Matti Laurio; funsec () linuxbox org Subject: Re: [funsec] Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Larry Seltzer <larry () larryseltzer com> wrote:
<< If you have a system that is not patched against this threat, you will be pwned in the same fashion as the MS05-039 exploit spread like wildfire -- that was my point. How? (This is hypothetical here) I am running XPSP2 and my firewall is on. I don't have file and print sharing on, as is the case with the overwhelming majority of XPSP2 users.
You have a firewall. You are protecting yourself. You are in the minority. - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) wj8DBQFJASKlq1pz9mNUZTMRAiDMAKD69PhDXLLBsCTOmn6HJ8SxPivRvwCfT7xy JPzqdMMRDbgWjDIm6ePVCA8= =t35l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawgster(at)gmail.com ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today Juha-Matti Laurio (Oct 23)
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- Re: Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today Juha-Matti Laurio (Oct 23)
- Re: Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today Larry Seltzer (Oct 23)
- Re: Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today Paul Ferguson (Oct 23)
- Re: Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today Larry Seltzer (Oct 23)
- Re: Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today Paul Ferguson (Oct 23)
- Re: Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today Larry Seltzer (Oct 23)
- Re: Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today Paul Ferguson (Oct 23)
- Re: Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today Larry Seltzer (Oct 23)
- Re: Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today Paul Ferguson (Oct 23)
- Re: Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today Larry Seltzer (Oct 23)
- Re: Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today Paul Ferguson (Oct 23)
- Re: Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today Paul Ferguson (Oct 23)
- Re: Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today Larry Seltzer (Oct 23)
- Re: Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today Larry Seltzer (Oct 23)
- Re: Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today Jack McCarthy (Oct 23)
- Re: Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today Erik Harrison (Oct 29)
- Re: Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today Valdis . Kletnieks (Oct 29)
- Re: Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today Erik Harrison (Oct 29)
- Re: Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch today Dragos Ruiu (Oct 29)