From: Jeff McLaughlin (JMclaughlinspringsgov.com)
Date: Tue Mar 02 2004 - 13:27:48 CST

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Just pull his port at the switch..
Flip the breaker after hours - assuming it only impacts users gone for the
day and logged out.

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Pope [mailto:mpopeistop.com]
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 11:11 PM
To: E. Jimmy Allotey; incidentssecurityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Blaster Recurrence

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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