Re: Zonealarm / Email
From: Volker Birk (bumens_at_dingens.org)
Date: 10/06/05
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Date: 6 Oct 2005 20:45:59 +0200
John Hyde <EJhyd@netscape.net> wrote:
> Who is
> Torsten
One of the regulars of de.comp.security.misc
> and why should I trust him?
You don't need to. Torsten is documenting everything, so you can have
a look yourself. The script is just a simple command script, which can
be easily read.
Just try.
Torsten now has round about 100.000 users, so it's well tested - but check
out yourself.
> I don't really have the technical
> skills to read his script and see what it's doing, so I need some other
> way of getting to trust. (First rule of avoiding Trojans: Dont execute
> anything you dont have good reason to trust.)
Good idea. But it is a good idea to read what Torsten is writing here, too.
And with doing this you will learn much about Windows and this topic. Maybe,
afterwards you're understanding enough to see what's going on.
> Also, I read the page, does it do anything aside from close services
> similar to what is suggested here:?
> http://www.onecomputerguy.com/windowsxp_tips.htm
Torsten is not interested in disabling services. He's interested in
disabling anything, which offers a TCP server to the Internet. For some
reason, it's needed to disable some programs, too, which are called
services in Windows. For some other reason, it's neccessary to configure
the Windows kernel to stop other TCP servers.
It's a little bit confusing, that Microsoft calls background programs
"services", because this term sometimes is used for servers, too, if
they're offering protocols in Layer 5/6.
> Otherwise I may try doing some of this manually
No problem. Torsten's script bases on a description of Frank Kaune,
who described how to manually disable all TCP servers Windows offers.
Unfortunately, this description is available in German language only.
http://www.ntsvcfg.de/kss_w2k/kss_w2k.html
http://www.ntsvcfg.de/kss_xp/kss_xp.html
Yours,
VB.
-- If class libraries are compared to animals, MFC is the slime-warts toad.
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