DNS client, DHCP client, DLL preloading attacks?

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  1. exus69

    exus69 Registered Member

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    Hello everyone,

    This question came up after coming across this link:
    http://rationallyparanoid.com/articles/consistently-vulnerable-systems.html

    What can be done to mitigate the problem in bold?? The above para shows updating Windows will solve the problem.
    But what about defending against 0 day exploits against those in bold?
    Is EMET, Sandboxie, NIS 2011, FF(NoScript+Adblock Plus), LUA, SRP enough or I need to add something more to it??

    Please help
     
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  2. MrBrian

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    For the second sentence: anti-executable software that includes DLL control.
     
  3. exus69

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    Can I use SRP instead of Anti Executable? And what about
    protection against 0 days attacks against DNS Client, DHCP client,
    NTP Client and Software Update Service?
     
  4. J_L

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    Change enforcement to all software files, or add .dll to designated file types for SRP. Exploit should not be successful within Sandboxie. NIS should detect many of them via signatures. Lastly, there's LUA to limit it.
     
  5. exus69

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    Hi J_L we posted almost at the same time. What about the 2nd question in post #3?
     
  6. MrBrian

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    When I mentioned "anti-executable software" I meant SRP, AppLocker, etc. :).
     
  7. exus69

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    Ohk, thanks MrBrian and what about the 2nd question in post #3?
     
  8. wat0114

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    Maybe disable DNS Client service and DHCP, use a static IP address instead and if using an application control firewall, you would assign the dns rule to all your web-facing apps instead. You probably don't need to do this, however, if you enforce strict SRP, AppLocker or other type of anti-executable rules. Remember, if it can't execute, it can't harm.
     
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