Re: RPC FAILS AND WINDOWS REBOOTS

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 01/18/04 

Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 15:46:12 -0700

Greetings --

    Yes, Win2K users would need to install some sort of firewall
before starting to download any patches or service packs. One thing I
always do, having to support a lot of Win2K machines, is create an
installation CD with the latest service pack slip-streamed, and then
add a few additional essential patches and a freeware firewall to be
applied before connecting to the Internet.

Bruce Chambers 

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"cquirke (MVP Win9x)" <cquirkenews@nospam.mvps.org> wrote in message
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>
> I feel sorry for Win2000 users, though...
>   - no firewall
>   - patch needs huuuuge SP2 first
>   - mis-versioned attack packets crash RPC service
>   - Lovesan sends 4 x XP attacks for every 1 x W2k attack
>   - so Win2000 users more likely to suffer this DoS effect
> ...and maybe we should be particularly careful when advising Win2000
> users to "just (do a repair) install Windows" for this reason!
>
> As I have one (1) Win2000 user who generally supports himself, I
don't
> read the Win2000 newsgroups, so it's "not my problem" heh heh
>
>
>
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