Re: Sub7 (SubSeven), Win2k, and IE 5.5

From: Gary Flynn (flynngn@jmu.edu)
Date: 03/21/02 

Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:35:48 -0500
From: Gary Flynn <flynngn@jmu.edu>
To: jogglie_at_excite_dot_com@excite.com

Kirk Schafer wrote:
>
> I don't have any world-accessable shares, and I am behind a stealth
> firewall NAT with non-routable IP's, and no NETBIOS routing.

Is anyone else behind that firewall with you? Do you have a good
Administrator password to protect those administrative shares that
are created by default (C$) or did you disable them?

> It is also not possible to disable NAV from the workstation -
> it's centrally managed, and frighteningly current.

I can't think of a piece of software can't be disabled or at least
disrupted by someone with Administrator or root rights. If you can
do it from the keyboard, a program can do it. 

-- 
Gary Flynn
Security Engineer - Technical Services
James Madison University

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