worm and port 135

[Brian]

I am confused as to some of the details on the blaster worm.
If you only had a firewall up, but didnt have port 135 blocked, wouldn't the blaster worm have gotten through?
Wouldnt you have to write a rule?
In other words if you had ZA installed, it wouldnt have caught it on its own, would it?
thanks for any clarification

[LowWaterMark]

Hi Brian,

Most software firewalls would block TCP port 135 by default, and ZA certainly does. You do not need to define a specific block rule since it would do it with any normal install - whether at High or Medium firewall security.

[brian]

I didnt get it (worm), but now I am totally confused as to why SO many people and companies DID get it. I can understand indiuviduals not being up to date with security, but all those companies? The city of Philly was blasted (pun intended).
I am just amazed!
thanks for clearing it up for me.