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RE: Code Red and ISS Internet Scanner
From: "Johnston, Jack" <JohnstonJ () mtmc army mil>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 14:49:32 -0400
We've been using the eEye Code Red Scanner since yesterday afternoon, at my hQ and at our subordinate commands, and all are in agreement that it's working rather well. Jack Johnston Information Assurance Manager Information Warfare Officer MTDC-IMI DSN-927-7497/cml 757-878-7497 <johnstonj () mtmc army mil> -----Original Message----- From: Aj Effin Reznor [mailto:aj () reznor com] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 12:34 PM To: incidents () securityfocus com Subject: Re: Code Red and ISS Internet Scanner "Mike Peterson was known to say....."
I don't want to start any discussions about ISS Internet Scanner but, with the prospect of renewed activity by the Code Red worm it needs to be pointed out that Internet Scanner may not pick up the vulnerability. After using Internet Scanner 6.1 xpu 10 we did not find the vulnerability, until we got hit by the Code Red worm. According to ISS, Internet Scanner will only find the vulnerability if you operate with a username and password with administrative rights on the target.
While not detecting the *activity* of the worm, eEye has a simple no-charge tool to let you know if your machines are at least likely to fall prey to it: http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Tools/codered.html ~middle of the page, CodeRedScanner -aj. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
Current thread:
- Code Red and ISS Internet Scanner Mike Peterson (Jul 30)
- Re: Code Red and ISS Internet Scanner Aj Effin Reznor (Jul 31)
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- RE: Code Red and ISS Internet Scanner Johnston, Jack (Jul 31)