DCOMbobulator

[tech_guru]

Did you Know that........
Microsoft's DCOM security patch leaves
DCOM running, open, and waiting for
the next malicious exploit. ??? ???

The good folks over at the Screensaver recomended this tool http://www.www.grc.com/dcom/

What does the DCOMbobulator do?

DCOM serves no practical purpose for almost anyone and, as the entire world now knows, it creates a huge and unwarranted security risk. Therefore, it's crazy to leave DCOM running. Microsoft's DCOM vulnerability patch does fix this latest problem with DCOM. But this was not the first problem with DCOM, so there's little support for the hope that this was the last problem.

[Ropy]

You first me iah. 8)

[Arch_Angel]

Shouldn't that be http://grc.com/dcom/ ?
Too many w's in that url. ;)

[Ropy]

Shouldn't that be http://grc.com/dcom/ ?
Too many w's in that url. ;)


Both are correct. If you look closely you'll see that there are two sets of w's serperated by a preiod. That means that that It's the same as saying www3.grc.com/decom, as long it's specified in the zone file.

Zone File
A file that has data describing a part of the domain name space. Zone files hold the information that is needed to resolve domain names to Internet Protocol (IP) numbers