RE: [Full-Disclosure] RE: Probable new MS DCOM RPC worm for Windo ws

["Schmehl, Paul L" <pauls@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Flynn [mailto:flynngn@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 8:06 AM
> To: 'full-disclosure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] RE: Probable new MS DCOM RPC 
> worm for Windo ws
> 
> 
> I would think a better way of determining if a patch is 
> actually installed on a system is by examining the files on 
> the system rather than to depend upon symptoms (scanners) or 
> installation logs (registry entries).

True, but *I'm* not going to physically touch (or even virtually touch)
2000+ machines looking at file properties.  Are you?

Paul Schmehl (pauls@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/ 

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