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Subject: Re: serious issues with playchess.com server...

Author: C McClain Morris, Jr.

Date: 21:46:37 08/11/03

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On August 11, 2003 at 22:35:44, Brian Thomas wrote:

>I suppose that it may be possible (any software may have exploits) although I
>suspect if you're hooked up to the internet, this was the cause, not your
>connection to Playchess.  This is a fairly new exploit: if you haven't patched
>it, do so...
>
>http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html
>
>I believe (although I may be wrong on this) that you need to have certain ports
>open, so are you behind a firewall/NAT?
>
>Brian

To my regret I had my firewall turned off, and that was the dumb thing on my
part. Thanks for the above link.



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