11 May
2005
11 May
'05
5:17 p.m.
On Wed, 11 May 2005, Jeff Kell wrote:
The SANS ISC currently gives an "Internet Survival Time" of 24 minutes for an unpatched windows box. I would give an unpatched Windows server with an old copy of MSSQL a considerably shorter lifespan :-)
See: http://www.bbcworld.com/content/clickonline_archive_14_2005.asp?pageid=665&co_pageid=3 Took 8 seconds for an unprotected PC to get infected. I would give the IST at under 1min from my personal experience - plus my firewall records 2 hits on port 445 every minute from external infected systems. -Hank