Re: Patch up your security, folks, before the 15th...

"Noons" <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:<3f38f318$1$10355$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au>...
> Or lock up the gates at the firewall.
> Here comnes another one...
>
> http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1175

bad news: virus/worms tend to get around firewalls. there's these horrid things called mail servers ... and the worst threat of all:

email client users.
(best off to disable all of those)

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-20.html
http://microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp

Its going to be a long night.

Pd Received on Tue Aug 12 2003 - 12:31:03 CDT