Yeah, can't give details because i'll only be able to look at the machine sometime next week, but I've had a friend phone me and complain that his windows 2000 server is now having trouble with DNS names.
----- Original Message ----- From: "henry j. mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 3:22 PM Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Blaster Side Affect? > about 1.5 weeks before the worm appeared, my windows 2000 > machine stopped resolving DNS names. a reboot would solve > the problem, then after an hour it would stop working again. > networking was fine otherwise - resolving hosts via the > hosts file worked and you could reach machines by numeric > ip address. restarting the DNS client service did nothing. > in fact, i never found a solution, and ended up installing > windows on new hardware and moving my files over. > > what a waste of time. > > i have no idea if this is related to the worm or just a bug > in windows (god forbid). but since your symptoms appear to > be similar i thought i would mention it. > > if this is your problem, and you find a fix, i'd really like > to know about it... > > regards, > henry > > > Adam wrote: > > > My apologies if this is a stupid question. I haven't seen this mentioned on > > the list yet and I haven't heard about until today when some customers > > called. It seems that after they get the worm ( which I have been telling > > the to update since July...go figure ) and remove it. They can no longer get > > to any websites. Checked all the settings and they are good. They can ping > > outside there network and get email through outlook. Just can't browse any > > websites? Anyone heard of this or why it is happening? Or how to fix it. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > Adam Richards > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
