***IMPORTANT UPGRADE*** FOR Windows 2000
Upon a Interesting email this morning.
It is highly recommends that you update Win 2k. Whether you read this or not, I recommed a upgrade.
Here is the article:
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** MS Warns Of Serious Vulnerability
Microsoft is warning that an "extremely serious" flaw in Windows
2000 could enable a cracker to control any system running
Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 software that ships with
the operating system. Earlier versions are not affected.
"Upgrade the patch before you read the bulletin
[http://update.informationweek.com/cg...dTCV0V20NU30Ac ],"
warns Scott Culp, a Microsoft security program manager. Culp says
an unchecked buffer in the services that support Internet
printing capabilities causes the vulnerability. He adds that
users who turn off the printing services are not vulnerable.
The extent of the vulnerability is severe. "There is virtually
nothing a malicious hacker couldn't do to an exploited system,"
Culp says. Microsoft says it has distributed information about
the vulnerability and started contacting certain customers before
the company released the patch at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday. A security
software firm, eEye Digital Security, notified Microsoft of the
vulnerability 10 days earlier.
Gartner analyst John Pescatore says a large portion of Windows
2000 users probably have not turned off the affected services and
should either do so or install the patch immediately. Pescatore
says Microsoft made a critical error. "IIS has been a cancer on
Windows 2000," he says. "Including that code in the Windows 2000
base vs. it being a separate application was a huge mistake." -
George V. Hulme
As a person and a company we do like to report important info like this to help others out. We hope it helps make your windows enviroment a little more secure.
And as usual we can thank Bill for this, hopefully no one got hacked...
Joe
