On Sun, 15 Aug 2004, Deepak Jain wrote: > I agree with Mikael here. If your box is fully patched you need not > worry about that much -- if you are still having problems, check your > assumptions. :) Windows 2003 Web Servers are up unfiltered out there, > there isn't a real reason why a Windows XP laptop wouldn't be [exploita > du jour excepted].
Assumptions are a funny thing. Its amazing how many patched systems with firewalls are compromised. Understanding how and why that happens is important.
