Re: Would a firewall prevent Sasser worm?
From: Lars M. Hansen (badnews_at_hansenonline.net)
Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 18:49:42 GMT
On Tue, 4 May 2004 18:07:15 +0000 (UTC), firstname.lastname@example.org
>In comp.security.misc Bill Unruh <email@example.com> wrote:
>> Lars M. Hansen <firstname.lastname@example.org> writes:
>> ]On Tue, 04 May 2004 08:33:32 GMT, Piotr Makley spoketh
>> ]>If I had a firewall would that prevent the Sasser worm infecting my
>> ]>I mean, if another infected system cannot see my ports because they
>> ]>are stealthed then presumably Sasser could not infect me?
>> ]Yes, any firewall that blocks incoming port 445 will prevent infection
>> ]by the Sasser worm.
>> Why is port 445 open on his system in the first place?
>Becouse microsoft has it enabled and vulnerable by default.
"Vulnerable by default"? What the F*** does that mean? Does that mean
when the next vulnerability for linux are discovered, the Microsoft camp
can claim that linux are "vulnerable by default"?
Lars M. Hansen
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