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New Windows attack can kill firewall
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:44:34 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: "Robert J. Berger" <rberger () ibd com> Date: October 31, 2006 1:42:49 PM ESTTo: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>, David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: New Windows attack can kill firewall[Looks like this only applies if you are sharing your Internet connection thru a Windows XP box. I would presume this is rare - Rob]
Network World's NetFlash Daily News - Special Issue New Windows attack can kill firewall By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service, 10/30/06 Hackers have published code that could let an attacker disable the Windows Firewall on certain Windows XP machines. The code, which was posted on the Internet early Sunday morning, could be used to disable the Windows Firewall on a fully patched Windows XP PC that was running Windows' Internet Connection Service (ICS). This service allows Windows users to essentially turn their PC into a router and share their Internet connection with other computers on the local area network (LAN.) It is typically used by home and small-business users. The attacker could send a malicious data packet to another PC using ICS that would cause the service to terminate. Because this service is connected to the Windows firewall, this packet would also cause the firewall to stop working, said Tyler Reguly, a research engineer at nCircle Network Security Inc., who has blogged about the issue. "Once the firewall is down, where's your line of defense?" he said Monday, in an interview. Read the full story here: http://www.networkworld.com/103006specialnetflash –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Robert J. Berger - Internet Bandwidth Development, LLC. Voice: 408-882-4755 eFax: +1-408-490-2868 http://www.ibd.com ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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