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RE: Learn from history?
From: "Alerta Redsegura" <alerta () redsegura com>
Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 18:09:17 -0500
2. If a patch cannot be installed, find workaroundsThat does not work with the workarounds customer need to facilitate life (security <> easy of use, remember)In the particular case of Sasser, workarounds indicated in KB 835732 and/or making sure TCP 445 is closed to the outside world was enough and not difficult to achieve.Not it wasn't enough. It would be until someone dialled to the Internet, or even to some other third party network that had the virus. The only thing that was enough was to patch. The only people who have the luxury of not patching are those who have no connectivity from their LAN to any other network.
If the "Internet" and a "third party network" are not part of the "outside world", what are they? IƱigo Koch Red Segura _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
Current thread:
- Learn from history? Lennart Damm (May 05)
- RE: Learn from history? Alerta Redsegura (May 05)
- Re: Learn from history? Valdis . Kletnieks (May 05)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Learn from history? Serge van Ginderachter (svgn) (May 05)
- RE: Learn from history? Alerta Redsegura (May 05)
- RE: Learn from history? full-disclosure (May 05)
- RE: Learn from history? Stuart Fox (DSL AK) (May 05)
- RE: Learn from history? Alerta Redsegura (May 05)
- RE: Learn from history? Stuart Fox (DSL AK) (May 05)
- Re: Learn from history? Ondrej Krajicek (May 06)
- RE: Learn from history? Serge van Ginderachter (svgn) (May 06)
- RE: Learn from history? Alerta Redsegura (May 06)
- RE: Learn from history? Ferris, Robin (May 06)
- RE: Learn from history? Alerta Redsegura (May 06)
- RE: Learn from history? Steve Bremer (May 06)
- RE: Learn from history? Serge van Ginderachter (svgn) (May 06)
- RE: Learn from history? full-disclosure (May 06)
- RE: Learn from history? Serge van Ginderachter (svgn) (May 06)
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