Ah. Not having read the book I missed that. My bad.
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, man. I was trying to add a bit of humor to an already heated > discussion. Sometimes it helps to take a step back and just reevaluate. * > *** > > ** ** > > *From:* Steven Peck [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 18, 2011 2:10 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Zero-day bugs overrated, Microsoft says**** > > ** ** > > You didn't read my words did you?**** > > Microsoft is saying evaluate. Things that don't require user interaction > should absolutly be a priority. Other things may have mitigations in your > environment in place already or because of the specificty of the > configurations affected may not apply to you.**** > > **** > > So, have I read his book? No. Nor is it really a sole justification to > panic. The answer is evaluate the advisories relative to your environment. > That seems something most people could agree to but appearently not.**** > > > > **** > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Rod Trent <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > If you read Russinovich’s “Zero Day” book, you’ll want to panic. Of > course, since he works for Microsoft, maybe they’ll want him to revise it. > **** > > **** > > *From:* Steven Peck [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 18, 2011 1:11 PM**** > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Zero-day bugs overrated, Microsoft says**** > > **** > > So you are saying panic? If you are the target of a specially crafted > phishing attack just for you, you have a lot more problems then a specific > patch.**** > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Kennedy, Jim < > [email protected]> wrote:**** > > I think you have to include how big a target you might be. Zero day’s can > be pretty effective in a spear phishing attack. So if you are someone that > might be more of a target zero days become more of an issue.**** > > **** > > *From:* Steven Peck [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 18, 2011 12:57 PM**** > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues**** > > *Subject:* Re: Zero-day bugs overrated, Microsoft says**** > > **** > > Sounds like it.**** > > To be honest, I believe that MS has a point. They aren't saying they are > not important, they are saying to not panic. You need to asses the > information for each one.**** > > Zero day threat - **** > > 1. RDP will hit your system remotely and blow it up - you should probably > do something about this one sooner.**** > > 2. Customer must have ie7 (unpatched), word 2003, flash, and open a > specially crafted email package that got through your mail system filters - > well, maybe you don't have to panic and schedule an immediate change**** > > ** ** > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > So, bascially, I could've learned the same thing from Hitchhiker's Guide to > the Galaxy.**** > > **** > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Andrew S. 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