Excellent question. I would like to know exactly what is/isn't being done to protect the university. Jim -----Original Message----- From: John Valenti [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 5:32 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: MS02-045 exploit is out (fwd) hi Joe, Just out of curiosity, does MSU block any ports to/from the Internet? Is that documented somewhere? (hmmm, maybe we need Dr Phil) -jav At 03:57 PM 8/27/2002 -0400, somebody wrote: 4. If you're in an environment where you have TCP139/TCP445 open to the Internet, you don't need NTBugtraq, you need Dr. Phil. Buy a $50 Linksys router and put it in front of your machine and use it to block all but those few you really want open (which doesn't include those two). * John Valenti Systems Analyst, Labor & Industrial Relations * * 408 S Kedzie Hall, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48824 * * (517) 353-1807 fax (517) 355-7656 [log in to unmask] *