Re: Code Red

Elizabeth,
 Thanks to the thumbs up on this!  You are right! If you are on your toes,,
and use Microsoft Produts you should well be checking the site every week as
the patches generally are instantly available. More than I can say for
Netscape or others!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth J. Allen" <beth(at)vcubed.com>
To: "Frank Boumphrey" <bckman(at)ix.netcom.com>; <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>;
<hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: Code Red


> At 7/30/01 9:26 PM, Frank Boumphrey writes:
>
> > I got infected on July 19th, which shook me a little because
> > 1. I  take all the precautions against Viruses.
> > 2. It was a laptop.
> > 3. My 'right-up-to-the-minute' virus protection did not even know that I
had
> > been attacked!
>
> Here's some info to help you (and a lot of other folks apparently!):
>
> Go to <http://www.securityfocus.com/> and click on "Bugtraq" in the left
nav
> bar. That mailing list will give you direct access to the original posts
of
> security experts who are finding flaws in *every* platform and often
suggest
> workarounds. Overwhelming to some from the MS camp, critical for
Unix/Linux
> admins. This is where Microsoft found out about the IIS hole back in June.
>
> For the Microsoft focused, subscribe to the Microsoft Security update.
Every
> time MS releases a patch, they'll send you an e-mail with description and
> links to the patches. This one is a must-have for MS server admins.
>
> > For  more  information on  the  Microsoft  Security Notification
Service
> > please  visit  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/notify.asp.
For
> > security-related information  about Microsoft products, please  visit
the
> > Microsoft Security Advisor web site at
http://www.microsoft.com/security.
>
> Cheers!
> --
> elizabeth j. allen
> "Well-behaved women rarely make history." - Anita Borg
>

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