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Re: Virus Outbreak Attacking MS05-039

Subject: Re: Virus Outbreak Attacking MS05-039
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:10:02 +0200
On 2005-08-15 Meni Milstein wrote:
As far as I know, if you are firewalled correctly and have your 445
tcp port shut to the outside - this thing should NOT be able to get
in. Am I wrong?

Partially. According to [1] you need 445/tcp and 139/tcp closed. Packet
filters would do this, or you could remove the services (DirectSMB and
NetBIOS) from the external interface.

[1] http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-039.mspx

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Ansgar Wiechers
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