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

["Schmehl, Paul L" <pauls () utdallas edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randal, Phil [mailto:prandal () herefordshire gov uk] 
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 10:21 AM
> To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
> Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] RE: Probable new MS DCOM RPC 
> worm for Windo ws
>
> Why not?  Easy enough to check in a login script if you're 
> using something like Kixtart (www.kixtart.org).
And how many patches are you going to verify this way?  Pretty soon the
logon will take 15 minutes while the script is checking hundreds of
files.  Yes, it's doable, and I would have little trouble writing such a
script, but it's impractical.  Furthermore, it wouldn't even be
comprehensive here, because less than half the machines on campus
actually are logging in to the domain.

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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