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Re: Blaster Recurrence


From: Matthew Pope <mpope () istop com>
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 01:11:16 -0500

Mr. Study-leave should study security while on leave. Physically locking one's office (with no key for others) where a PC is powered on and connected to the network is just a tad sub-optimal for network security.

E. Jimmy Allotey wrote:

Thanks to all for your help. I have traced it down to a user who has
been on study leave since the day after the blaster hit and whose office
was locked so the machine could not be disinfected.

Thanks for all the constructive advice and suggestions.

E. Jimmy Allotey
Network & Systems Security Engineer
Tel: +233 24 310 788


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