Ohhh, you coudda hadda Mac!

I have left JC. If my deletions disrupt continuity, please accept my apology, but JC is no longer the place to be, as far as I am concerned.

[Ron Thorne]

For the benefit of most here at JC, here's some useful information.

Systems Affected

Computers using the following operating systems:

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Services Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003

If you are running one of the above systems you should download and install the security patch from the Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...n/MS03-026.asp


Read the latest Department of Homeland Security announcement concerning the RPC vulnerability.

[Brian Olewnick]

I saw this the other day and--woohoo!--I run Windows ME, not bothered by this problem.

[Dan G]

Originally posted by Brian Olewnick
I saw this the other day and--woohoo!--I run Windows ME, not bothered by this problem.

Having tried to do some troubleshooting on ME, do I detect an emphasis on the word this here Brian?

[moneyp]

Chris A will be happy to know in the Mac environment I'm currently administrating, I didn't have to do a blessed thing to safeguard against this potential hazard...

...on the other hand, I had to replace three crappy Mac keyboards, rebuild an E-Mac that shit itself right out of the box, replace another E-Mac's bad memory (the memory that actually *came* with the machine), return yet another E-Mac to our Apple supplier (bad USB port), and order another G4 because the current G4 running OS X Server can't do file sharing and run Now-Up-To-Date at the same time without taxing the processor.

But thank goodness I don't have to worry about this big Net Attack! Whew! :-)

Originally posted by Chris A
Hey, that's nothing, Mone--just imagine the problems you would have if you did Windows!

Whew; I can sleep restfully tonight. I run W98 2nd ed.

[Brian Olewnick]

Originally posted by Dan G
Having tried to do some troubleshooting on ME, do I detect an emphasis on the word this here Brian?

No, I've had no other problems since picking up my current system about 2 years ago (Dell 4300, p4). Maybe I've just been lucky or maybe because I don't keep a hell of a lot of stuff on my PC (Net access, Word, a game or two), but I've never encountered serious problems on any PC I've owned.

[Tanager]

I keep my windows boxen patched and behind a firewall, I run current anti-virus software (something mandated by my employer, so I'd run it even if I didn't want to), and I make frequent backups. The boxen I used for actual development are *nix boxen in my office at work, so I'm not terribly worried about them.

With all due respect to OS-religious types, they all have bugs and security holes, it's just a matter of time before someone finds them. Anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding him/herself or doesn't know much about software, period.

You manage your 'puters in as paranoid a fashion as you can without getting in the way of whatever work they're intended to do, and you plan for the worst, IMHO.

[john williams]

Excellent post Tanager.