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The Lingering Ghost of Slammer
Tim Mullen, 2003-08-11

The last big Windows worm showed that network security can literally be a matter of life and death.

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The Lingering Ghost of Slammer 2003-08-11
Ginger the Lhost (1 replies)
On vacation from what exactly....

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The Lingering Ghost of Slammer 2003-08-13
Anonymous
From all the people pointing out that 'Blast' isn't called'Mescaline'....

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How about some better firewalling tools from MS? 2003-08-12
Anonymous (1 replies)
One issue that may have contributed to the Slammer worm is that there's no way to firewall all unused UDP ports on Windows 2000 without either a stand-alone firewall or a third party product. You can easily filter TCP with the IP Security tool, but not UDP -- since IP Security doesn't keep state on...

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How about some better firewalling tools from MS? 2003-08-14
Anonymous
This is incorrect. You can deny all and then allow exemptions with IPSec quite easily. Two lines of rules and all UDP except DNS is blocked. Like most things, you have to learn how to use the tool.

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internet pollution 2003-08-12
greenmoss
Unpatched and insecure systems connected to the internet are a form of internet pollution. Eventually there will be catastrophic incidents caused by this pollution. Once this happens, the public will take notice and demand laws fining those who consistently refuse to clean up their acts. Until this ...

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