Re: [newbie] Windows vulnerable again

2003-07-31 Thread Miark
Dennis, As a rule of thumb, if your firewall is running NAT (and they usually do) and you're not forwarding ports to Windows machines on your side of the wall, then you're safe from outside-in attacks. Miark On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:03:09 -0500, Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [newbie] Windows vulnerable again

2003-07-31 Thread Dennis Myers
On Thursday 31 July 2003 02:45 pm, Miark wrote: Dennis, As a rule of thumb, if your firewall is running NAT (and they usually do) and you're not forwarding ports to Windows machines on your side of the wall, then you're safe from outside-in attacks. Miark On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:03:09

Re: [newbie] Windows vulnerable again

2003-07-31 Thread Haywiremac
On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:03:09 -0500 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/advisories/2003/Potential7302003.htm didn't the DHS *just sign* a multi-gazillion dollar deal with MS? -- HaywireMac If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some.

[newbie] Windows vulnerable again

2003-07-31 Thread Dennis Myers
http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/advisories/2003/Potential7302003.htm The above is a Govt. warning on Internet attacks on Windows systems. I don't know a great deal about that kind of attack, so if I have the windows machine behind a router and a linux firewall will this afford some protection

Re: [newbie] Windows vulnerable again

2003-07-31 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Haywiremac wrote: On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:03:09 -0500 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/advisories/2003/Potential7302003.htm didn't the DHS *just sign* a multi-gazillion dollar deal with MS? I believe they did. Another demonstration that *only* the

Re: [newbie] Windows vulnerable again

2003-07-31 Thread Aron Smith
On Thursday 31 July 2003 02:12 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Haywiremac wrote: On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:03:09 -0500 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/advisories/2003/Potential7302003.htm didn't the DHS *just sign* a multi-gazillion dollar deal with MS? I

Re: [newbie] Windows vulnerable again

2003-07-31 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 31 July 2003 04:12 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Haywiremac wrote: On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:03:09 -0500 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/advisories/2003/Potential7302003.htm didn't the DHS *just sign* a

Re: [newbie] Windows vulnerable again

2003-07-31 Thread Dennis Myers
On Thursday 31 July 2003 04:12 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Haywiremac wrote: On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:03:09 -0500 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/advisories/2003/Potential7302003.htm didn't the DHS *just sign* a multi-gazillion dollar deal with MS? I

Re: [newbie] Windows vulnerable again

2003-07-31 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 05:03, Dennis Myers wrote: http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/advisories/2003/Potential7302003.htm The above is a Govt. warning on Internet attacks on Windows systems. I don't know a great deal about that kind of attack, so if I have the windows machine behind a router and a

Re: [newbie] Windows vulnerable again

2003-07-31 Thread Aron Smith
On Thursday 31 July 2003 02:55 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 31 July 2003 04:12 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Haywiremac wrote: On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:03:09 -0500 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/advisories/2003/Potential7302003.htm didn't

Re: [newbie] Windows vulnerable again

2003-07-31 Thread Dennis Myers
On Thursday 31 July 2003 06:21 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 05:03, Dennis Myers wrote: http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/advisories/2003/Potential7302003.htm The above is a Govt. warning on Internet attacks on Windows systems. I don't know a great deal about that kind of