Quick word of thanks

From: Bob Murdoch (ram5_at_EROLS.COM)
Date: 09/11/03

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    Date:         Thu, 11 Sep 2003 10:06:40 -0400
To: NTBUGTRAQ@LISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM

    Russ,

    Just wanted to give you a quick word of thanks for hosting this list, based
    on something that just happened:

    When Blaster happened a few weeks ago, my main customer disabled all
    dial-in and vpn access to their network for the better part of a week until
    they were sure everyone was patched (thanks to this list I had been
    forewarned). They have been running (probably continuous) scans of their
    network for unpatched machines since then, and had warned everyone that
    remote access would be permanently revoked for anyone found without a
    patched machine.

    I followed your advice yesterday by updating my machines to MS03-039. I
    was dialed-up this morning to their network when I got a call from their
    admin saying their scan just reported my machine as being
    unpatched. Normally, my heart would have started pounding and sweat
    started rolling, as this would mean the end of remote access for me, and
    therefore the end of the contract. However, I had followed the postings of
    other users yesterday who had also been admonished for not being patched
    because of outdated scanners, and immediately realized this was the
    case. As soon as I explained that I was patched not only with 03-026 but
    also with 03-039 and that their scanning tool had to be updated, they
    congratulated me on being up to date and hung up.

    Thanks again for making this important information available in such a
    succinct format.

    Bob M.. 

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