[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [FW1] Code Red: What security specialist don't mention in warnings
> -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Knobbe [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 5:33 PM > To: Frank Knobbe > Subject: [FW1] Code Red: What security specialist don't mention in > warnings > > Greetings, > > I'm sure you have heard and read plenty of warnings about the > Code Red worm, > which is supposed to awake again. The Code Red worm 'infects' > Microsoft > Internet Information Servers by exploiting a vulnerability > (or bug) that > Microsoft had issued a patch snip > There is another issue that has not been addressed by any of > the advisories > at all (even by those who preach the multi-layered defense). > What has been > overlooked is simply proper firewalling of the web servers. That will help, but what we really need are secure operating systems. Hal > ================================================================================ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================================================
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