Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Settings to inhibit wannacry

2017-05-13 Thread Dianne Skoll
On Sat, 13 May 2017 09:55:04 -0400 J C Nash wrote: > 1) To help slow down the spread of the ransomware, is it worth linux > users putting > min protocol = SMB2 I doubt it could spread on Linux anyway. The bug is most likely Windows-specific and the payload is extremely

[OCLUG-Tech] Settings to inhibit wannacry

2017-05-13 Thread J C Nash
I've been looking at some of the web postings about the Wannacry malware, and it seems that it is a Samba version 1 exploit. Seemingly not a direct impact on Linux users at the client level, nor on Linux servers, though I welcome correction if I'm not right on this. Two questions: 1) To help