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Thursday, August 16, 2001
http://idg.net/ic_668069_1773_1-3921.html Flaw in NNTP could paralyze Windows systems By JORIS EVERS, IDG NEWS SERVICE A flaw in the Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP) service in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT and Windows 2000 could allow attackers to paralyze the server, Microsoft said in a security bulletin. An attacker could deplete the system's memory, effectively bringing it to a standstill, by sending malformed postings to the NNTP service, Microsoft said in its first security alert after the large-scale Code Red alarm (see story)....
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