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Old December 30th, 2002, 12:35 AM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Security Alert: "Iraqi worm"

Haven't heard of this one yet. Check out the article... Iraqi worm
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Old December 30th, 2002, 12:38 AM     #2 (permalink)
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Ironically, despite its claimed focus on security and many reports that anonymous null sessions are risky, Microsoft has not disabled them by default in Windows 2000 or XP. Instructions for disabling them yourself can be found here.

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Old December 30th, 2002, 12:46 AM     #3 (permalink)
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did my setup to avoid it... thanks Idigguns
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yay just disabled that null crap!
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