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Re: Summary of Printer Sharing and M1CR0S0FT Windows98


From: reptile () REPTILE EU ORG (Robert Richard George 'reptile' Wal)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 22:53:43 +0100


On 98.10.29 Paul Leach pressed the following keys:

F. More broadly, Windows puts no sensitive files in that directory, and I
know of no application that puts anything in that directory (other than
perhaps redistributable OS DLLs and device drivers); 99% of what's in there
are system DLLs identical copies of which are available on 100 million or so
CDROMs. Most of the rest are drivers for 3rd party devices.

But it is very useful to know (by watching installed DLLs) exactly what
software you have installed, and what SP you have applied, when someone is
preparing attack.

Reptile

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