[NTLUG:Discuss] How can it be M$'s fault! They put out a patch!

[Dennis Myhand]

I don't know just how vulnerable anything of M$ is, but my ISP, Cox-Internet
here in Victoria, just sent an e-mail to all customers stating that if they
were running NT or W2K they could go to a certain url and have their machine
scanned to see if IIS was running without the customer's knowledge.  Sorry I
don't have the url.  I didn't save it because I am fairly certain Mandrake 8
doesn't run IIS very well at all.  Peace, dennis

Randall Gibson wrote:

> Please dont tell me that Win2K pro is vulnerable !!! I dont think it has
> IIS. I checked my running services, and didnt see it. And, like you said,
> thier update site doesnt list it.
>
> I guess I should check. My Win2K box is behind a firewall now, but wont be
> at my next LAN party.
>
> Randall
>
> On 2001.08.10 22:18 Ian Pilcher wrote:
> > Richard Geoffrion wrote:
> > >
> > > Maybe M$ can include an automatic manditory patch update feature in the
> > next
> > > release of their OS.  Heck, they're already trying to control
> > everything
> > > else.  They might as well control something that does someone some
> > good!
> > >
> >
> > They have something like this in Windows 2000, although it's use is not
> > mandatory.  It called Windows Update/Critical Update Notification.  The
> > funny thing is that this patch *never* appeared there.  I know; I update
> > my Windows 2000 laptop faithfully, and I was stunned to find out that I
> > was still vulnerable.  Thank goodness I had IIS turned off.
> >
> > And why the heck should I have to install an web application server with
> > umpteen extensions just to FTP files back and forth?
> >
> > Microsoft is definitely culpable here.
> >
> > --
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> > Ian Pilcher                                         ian.pilcher at home.com
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