RE: FW: Worms versus Bots

[Rob Nelson <ronelson () vt edu>]

> The goal of this document is help new XP users survive long enough to do
> their updates.
> Many of them cant/wont put up acls/nat/firewalls ... but if they follow
> the steps listed they have a better chance of
> successfully downloading and updating their new machine then they will
> have with OUT these steps.
> It is not meant as a complete XP hardening document. There are lots of
> documents that discuss in detail how to harden
> windows (xp,nt,2k...).

If the person doesn't continue to do acls/nat/firewalls, they'll just get 
infected after the next hole is discovered. And yes, there are plenty of 
holes that a firewall/nat box won't fix. Still, better than the user only 
doing Windows Update on the day of install and never having a firewall...

Rob Nelson
ronelson () vt edu