I have not yet verified if the files were installed or not and thats a very good point. I didnt and still dont know what files it changed or installed for the ms03-026. What are they?
However the eeye scanner has always proved to be correct thus far, in all the cases that I have tried it on. As we use a standard image here it would be odd that the patch is "ineffective" in that configuration (PATH?) I think it is because the patch as has been noted is not always effective. RF -----Original Message----- From: Gary Flynn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 September 2003 14:06 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] RE: Probable new MS DCOM RPC worm for Windo ws I would think a better way of determining if a patch is actually installed on a system is by examining the files on the system rather than to depend upon symptoms (scanners) or installation logs (registry entries). If the add/remove software control panel, registry, or msi say the machine is patched but the files aren't there, an installation problem occurred. If the scanners say the machine is not patched but the files are there then either the patch is ineffective in that machine's particular configuration (PATH?) or the scanner is generating a false positive. -- Gary Flynn Security Engineer - Technical Services James Madison University Please R.U.N.S.A.F.E. http://www.jmu.edu/computing/runsafe _______________________________________________ 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
