Hey, I agree too. From what I've read about Nimda thus far, it uses
exploits that there have been patches out for for months. And the spreading
through file sharing issue takes advantage of systems that haven't locked
down their permissions. I've kept my servers and workstations patched with
the most current and I lock down my machines - I don't leave any default
permissions, I remove/disable services that aren't needed, etc. I haven't
been infected by anything for over 2 years now - but I have plenty of logs
to show that I've been attacked, just none have been successful as of yet.
I'm sure that there are/will be worms developed to exploit vulnerabilities
that there aren't already patches for, but it seems to me that the majority
of the worms circulating all exploit vulnerabilities that there are already
fixes for. If someone gets hit with something there are already patches for,
I can't feel sorry for them.
Kathleen McCarthy
-----Original Message-----
From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 14:15
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Microsoft Has Nimda
I was beginning to think I was the only person who held this opinion!
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