Re: win xp firewall

From: Marshall Place (punktdawg@cox.net)
Date: 05/06/02 

From: "Marshall Place" <punktdawg@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 18:13:57 GMT

Even if you automated it using a batch the net send cmd will not crash a
computer. Trust me a friend of mine and I tested it. The messenger service
is mainly for people on large scale networks so admins can notify when the
network is going down, etc. If you are just on the internet you don't need
the service to be on but to go as far as to say it's a security flaw is the
thought of somebody with a script kiddie mindset and doesn't understand what
the cmd and service is used for. So microsoft turned it on by default
woopidy do, that doesn't mean it wasn't there before. Just disable the
service.

All well,
Marshall

"ThePsyko" <thepsyko@itookmyprozac.com> wrote in message
news:Xns92056D77BB09DIWishIWas@marashouse.org...
> On 05 May 2002 in that fucked up hellhole known as
> comp.security.firewalls, an identity claiming to be CJ spewed forth
> news:udag9i31sq0210@corp.supernews.com:
>
> > So which sources are "trusted" and which ones aren't? And how about
> > the email attachments from your loving Grandma that just happens to
> > have klez infection? Do you open it because you "trust" your granny?
> >
> > No I think I'll stick with a more proven and scientific approach then
> > the human concept of "trust"
> >
>
> WTF are you yapping about? Did you even READ my post? Do you have any
> comprehension skills at all? What I said, in a post discussing the XP
> firewall was:
>
> "as long as
> you have the messenger service on, the firewall won't stop it.... and if
> the firewall is letting through a net send command, I don't trust it
> (not to mention the potential DoS - death by popup :)"
>
> "it" being the firewall mmk chuck? Who mentioned anything about
> "granny"? If you go back and re-read what I wrote, I said I agreed with
> you on the outbound protection issue.. so WHY you came all unglued is
> beyond me.
>
> I'm rather surprised at you - don't you say on your site "arguing on the
> internet is like running in the special olympics - even if you win
> you're still retarded" ? Yet you don't bother to take the time to try
> to understand what somebody is saying before going off on some freaky
> tangent, yapping about God-knows-what (doesn't help when you snip the
> entire post Chuck, nobody knows WTF you're talking about)... If you
> think arguing on the 'net is retarded, perhaps you could take the time
> to think about what you're posting before hitting the send button... I
> mean, look at this - an argument.. and why? WHY chuck? Because you
> halfassed read my post, assumed you knew what I was talking about and
> then ran your mouth.
>
> Well, I could go on and on about this but I won't... I'm sure the good
> people of CSF don't need to hear anymore.
>
>
> --
> ThePsyko
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