As previously discussed with you Paul, I am sorry but your policy of how you update and what you do seems somewhat backward, havent you ever heard of third party software or even weirder, making your own.
------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! Download Spam Inspector, the Award Winning Anti-Spam Filter http://mail.giantcompany.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Schmehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 4:00 AM Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Can DCOM be disabled safely? > Earlier today I posted some preliminary research that I had been doing into > the ramifications of disabling DCOM. I reported that SMS was affected by > it and several other things may be, including SUS, Group Policies and the > Management Snap-in. Since then, I have been corresponding with a gentleman > who has been testing disabling DCOM in a test environment. > > So far it appears that disabling DCOM will *not* impact the snap-ins, SUS > or policies. It also appears that it *may* not impact SMS either, although > testing is ongoing. I just wanted to clarify this in case some had taken > my comments to be the final word. > > Obviously everyone's environment is different, and what works in one might > not work in another. So proceed carefully. > > With regard to my comments about SUS using Windows Update technology to > verify patches (and therefore being subject to false positives), I quote > from Microsoft: > > "Software Update Services is based on the same back-end technology used on > the public Windows Update site that has been servicing Windows customers > since mid-1998." > <http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/suscomponents.asp> > > Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Adjunct Information Security Officer > The University of Texas at Dallas > AVIEN Founding Member > http://www.utdallas.edu > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
