I don't think you were reading the advisories properly... ;)

MSDE (Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Edition) was vulnerable, which many
products use, including Office, Visual Studio .NET, etc.  Just to
refresh your memory, here's a list of products that contain MSDE

http://www.sqlsecurity.com/forum/applicationslistgridall.aspx

So, it is not a corner-case at all, not even in the slightest bit.
VPNs are common enough these days, so the chances of someone VPNing
into a network with an infected or infectable computer is actually
pretty high.

In the same vein, it looks like if a worm is released, it will most
probably be easily transferable into any corporate domain that has
VPNs as well, since every un-patched Windows is vulnerable.

jb

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 00:41:22 -0700 (PDT) Nathan Seven
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:

>--- Paul Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Are you really serious?  Recall Slammer?  There were
>> networks that were
>> locked down pretty tight.  Slammer couldn't get in,
>> right?  Then one
>> developer who got his unpatched copy of SQL inside
>> the network, by
>> logging in through VPN with his infected laptop,
>> took the entire network
>> down.
>
>Are *you* serious?
>
>Running MSSQL server on my laptop that I also use to
>VPN in is IMO a pretty fucking corner-case...
>
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