RE: New M$ vulnerability patch for Windows

Steve, the issue is that with Windows Messenger working as designed, with
the original default settings, anyone anywhere could pop a message up onto 
your screen.  

Your machine was just their personal billboard and you couldn't stop it
until you could find the settings.  The settings to stop it were obfuscated.
 There was no damage inflicted except that a dozen or more pop ups per
minute made your machine unusable on the internet.

The point is that there was no patch for this flaw because it was designed
to work that way.  
 
 
 
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: Friday, September 12, 2003 09:54:55
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: New M$ vulnerability patch for Windows
 
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Adam Lang
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 9:42 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: New M$ vulnerability patch for Windows
 
>Here is a good example. the Windows Messenger Service. People can
>interface it over the internet and display pop ups on your computer. It
>isn't a "bug" so there is no patch to prevent it. You actually need to
>either uninstall windows messenger or have a firewall to block the ports.
 
other than a buffer overrun flaw in Windows Messenger Service, why would a
user need to block access to it? If the protocol server, even FTP, does
what it is designed to do, why does access to it have to be completely
blocked?
 
I just question if we are all overreacting because we are not aware of the
details of how things work.
 
-Steve
 
 
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