zotob - blocking tcp/445

Tue Aug 16 19:34:16 UTC 2005

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:44:27 CDT, "Church, Chuck" said:
>
> > ***  Rules are going to be different for residential vs. business
> > customers.  Business customers who aren't on crack probably know better
> > to block netbios in and out.
>
> Whatever happened to the War On Drugs, anyhow? :)
>
> I think you're overestimating the security clue of most businesses.  I'd
> *love* to be proved wrong by somebody citing a credible survey indicating that
> most businesses *are* Getting It Right....

I think Sean Donelan had a survey he quoted a few months ago saying that
most enterprises are still the den of iniquity... but I could have that
backwards.