William Warren to Paolo Mattiangeli's grizzle about being Sasser'ed at home:
> any firewall even the one inside xp would have stopped sasser and you > would have been able to patch at your leisure. And, depending on your network architecture, it can be even easier than that. Why would any vaguely competent system admin even have the services that Sasser depends on bound to their Inernet-facing network interface in the first place?? Yeah -- I know, ethernet to DSL/cable/satellite/etc which doubles as the "house LAN" interface. So far all the SOHO users I've helped clean up Sasser have been on dial-up so why does MS still insist on binding MS client (and F&P ??) to dial-up interfaces by default? -- Nick FitzGerald Computer Virus Consulting Ltd. Ph/FAX: +64 3 3529854 _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
