[normal] Re: [Full-Disclosure] MS RPC remote exploit. What about DCOMbobulator?

[Russell Fulton]

On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 05:09, opticfiber wrote:
> It's come to my attetion that disablinf DCOM in windows is near 
> impossible without a regedit. Hopefully no one's already posted this to 
> the list, if so my appologies for the redundancy. Steve Gibson from 
> grc.com creates lots of tiny little applications to tighten up windows 
> security. One of his latestest programs disables the DCOM service all 
> together, no need for a patch. This might be a better option rather then 
> just a patch, espcially for users who don't utilize this service. The 
> tool can be found at the following URL: http://grc.com/dcom/

Disable DCOM by all means, but also apply the patch!  I have seen
numerous cases of where services have been disable to mitigate some
security concern only to be re-enabled later (either by accident or
deliberately) leaving the machine vulnerable.

-- 
Russell Fulton, Network Security Officer, The University of Auckland,
New Zealand.