ISS Security Audit

From: Phil (pmarg_at_charter.net)
Date: 05/17/03 

Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 17:24:53 GMT

We recently had a security audit of our network by our corporate network
security department. The software they used was "ISS Internet Scanner v.
6.21."

In the results I am seeing several of these issues relating to Windows 9x
machines:

   Issue: PASSWORD POLICIES
   Level: High
   Vulnerability: Administrator account has a blank password
   Risk: Unauthorized access to system resources
   Recommendation: Set passwords in accordance with Information Security
policies and Procedures

Since these are all Win9x machines, I'm not sure what to do here. There
is no administrator account.

Using LANGuard I get these results on the same machine:

 IP Address : <ip of machine>
  HostName : <hostname of machine>
  Resolved : <hostname of machine>
  Operating System : Windows 95
  Time to live (TTL) : 32 (32) - Same network segment
  Address mask : 255.255.255.0
  Shares (1)
       IPC$ - Remote Inter Process Communication
  Open Ports (2)
       135 [ epmap => DCE endpoint resolution ]
       139 [ Netbios-ssn => NETBIOS Session Service ]

Are the vulnerabilities that the ISS software is picking up correct? If
so, can anyone tell me what should be done in order to secure these 9x
clients? TIA

   -Phil

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