Visio 2000, Enterprise version does indeed install MSDE. That's because it has the network scanner thingy that will build network maps for you automagically. It's the only version that I am aware of that does this. I believe that later Enterprise versions dropped this functionality, and lesser versions (pro, technical, etc.) never had it. | -----Original Message----- | From: Tina Bird [mailto:tbird@precision-guesswork.com] | Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 20:12 | To: incidentsat_private; intrusionsat_private; | Ced Bennett; | tmdat_private; David Hoffman; eric.nakagawaat_private; | mnewtonat_private; tsgat_private; tbird65at_private; | list-niat_private | Subject: MSDE contained in... | | | Chalk this all up to "things I wish I didn't know": I've | been amused and | skeptical at the list of applications people have claimed | include MSDE, | that are therefore vulnerable to SQL Slammer. In particular, | I had a hard | time believing that Visio used it. Heck, I've got Visio, and | I'm pretty | sure it doesn't open any network connections. | | So I prowled around the Web, and found this: | http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/tec hnet/prodtechnol/visio/Visio2002/maintain/vis_msde.asp | | MSDE is integrated with these Microsoft applications: | | Microsoft Visio 2000 Enterprise Edition AutoDiscovery & Layout (AD&L) | solution | AD&L solution from Microsoft Visio Enterprise Network Tools 2002 | Microsoft SharePoint Team Services (a Microsoft FrontPage Server | Extensions 2002 companion product) | Microsoft Project Central (a Microsoft Project 2000 companion product) | Microsoft Application Center | | The following products ship MSDE on their product CD and can | use MSDE as a | database: | | Microsoft Access | Microsoft Office 2000 | Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 | | --> Bleh. I stand corrected. | | tbird | | -- | I, on the other hand, do not work. I enjoy the slothful life | of an artist, | and while away the hours in meaningless aesthetic pursuits | punctuated by | bouts of hedonistic debauchery and an occasional nap. | -- David Rinehart | | http://www.shmoo.com/~tbird | Log Analysis http://www.loganalysis.org | VPN http://vpn.shmoo.com | | | -------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. | For more information on this free incident handling, management | and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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