[8369] in bugtraq
Re: Summary of Printer Sharing and M1CR0S0FT Windows98
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Richard George 'reptile' Wa)
Tue Nov 3 16:24:02 1998
Mail-Followup-To: BUGTRAQ@netspace.org
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 22:53:43 +0100
Reply-To: "Robert Richard George 'reptile' Wal" <reptile@REPTILE.EU.ORG>
From: "Robert Richard George 'reptile' Wal" <reptile@REPTILE.EU.ORG>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <CB6657D3A5E0D111A97700805FFE65875D79CA@RED-MSG-51>; from Paul
Leach on Thu, Oct 29, 1998 at 01:31:25PM -0800
On 98.10.29 Paul Leach pressed the following keys:
> F. More broadly, Windows puts no sensitive files in that directory, and I
> know of no application that puts anything in that directory (other than
> perhaps redistributable OS DLLs and device drivers); 99% of what's in there
> are system DLLs identical copies of which are available on 100 million or so
> CDROMs. Most of the rest are drivers for 3rd party devices.
But it is very useful to know (by watching installed DLLs) exactly what
software you have installed, and what SP you have applied, when someone is
preparing attack.
Reptile
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