Re: Code Red Worm

Yeah, we can always count of M$ to make the news on a regular basis.  Why is
it that the news reports are more often on vulnerabilities than on new
technology?...

Anyway, for those of you running Windows 2000 Server, here is some general
info.  W2K Server SP1 actually introduced more vulnerabilities into IIS.  So
if any of you are running W2K Server with IIS you ought to make sure you
have SP2 and the recently released hot fixes installed.  Additionally, there
is some vulnerability within the Telnet server, so if you do not need it,
disable it.

Chuck

----- Original Message -----
From: <jpcarr@tredegar.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 10:30 PM
Subject: Code Red Worm


>
>
>
> Hey,   Love that MS
>
> Here's something making the news
>
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> John Carr
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> http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleId=28382
>
>
> Worm Aims To Attack White House Site
>
> The ultimate purpose of a recently identified worm that targets Microsoft
> Web-server software is to launch a denial-of-service attack against the
> White House Web site Thursday evening, security experts say. But the
effect
> on the Internet could be more widespread, they say.
>
> About 100,000 Web servers have been infected with the "Code Red" worm,
> which programmed them to attack whitehouse.gov with a flood of data by 5
> p.m. Thursday, according to eEye Digital Security, based here.
>
>
> <SNIP>
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