RE: RE: Probable new MS DCOM RPC worm for Windo ws

["Randal, Phil" <prandal () herefordshire gov uk>]

Why not?  Easy enough to check in a login script if you're using something
like Kixtart (www.kixtart.org).

Cheers,

Phil

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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Schmehl, Paul L [mailto:pauls () utdallas edu]
> Sent: 26 September 2003 15:33
> To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
> Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] RE: Probable new MS DCOM RPC worm for
> Windo ws
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gary Flynn [mailto:flynngn () jmu edu] 
> > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 8:06 AM
> > To: 'full-disclosure () lists netsys com'
> > Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] RE: Probable new MS DCOM RPC 
> > worm for Windo ws
> >
> >
> > I would think a better way of determining if a patch is 
> > actually installed on a system is by examining the files on 
> > the system rather than to depend upon symptoms (scanners) or 
> > installation logs (registry entries).
>
> True, but *I'm* not going to physically touch (or even 
> virtually touch)
> 2000+ machines looking at file properties.  Are you?
>
> Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
> Adjunct Information Security Officer
> The University of Texas at Dallas
> AVIEN Founding Member
> http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/ 
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