Re: Why isn't IBM rebuting this?

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

There  are  several (PTFs as we say in 400 land)  service packs &   fixes 
for  explorer and XP security  that  came automatically this evening. These 
shold plug  most of the items in  question, BUT it still is to MS standards,


At 09:36 PM 2/7/2003 -0500, Booth Martin wrote:
> In other words, any network using Microsoft software was unsafe?
>
> As a general rule, safety requires avoiding Microsoft products, including XP
> Office?  I hadn't realized that XP Office was an exposure too.
>
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> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Date: Friday, February 07, 2003 21:04:07
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Why isn't IBM rebuting this?
>
> > "any server"? I understood it had to be a Microsoft server running
> certain
> > unpatched versions of MS SQL?
>
> Sorry i mis-spoke...
> Any server running the following:
> Microsoft SQL Server 2000
>
> Microsoft Desktop Engine 2000 ( MSDE 2000)
> which is installed as part of:
> * SQL Server 2000 (Developer, Standard, and Enterprise Editions)
> * Visual Studio .NET (Architect, Developer, and Professional Editions)
> * ASP.NET Web Matrix Tool
> * Office XP (various versions)
> * MSDN (various subscription levels)
> * Access 2002
> * Visual FoxPro 7.0/8.0
> this link has 20 pages (short pages) of products using MSDE 2000)
> http://www.sqlsecurity.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=10&tabid=13
>
> for a good article on the worm
> http://isc.incidents.org/analysis.html?id=180
> jim
>
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