Lenovo ThinkPad R50p User Manual

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finally

restore

networking.

A

single

message

might

be

used

to

perform

all

of

these

functions

through

the

use

of

flag

files

and

the

RETRYONERROR

command.

1.

Lockdown

phase

To

accomplish

lockdown

phase,

inform

the

user

what

is

about

to

happen.

If

the

attack

is

not

extremely

serious,

the

administrator

can

give

the

user

the

option

to

defer

the

fix

until

later.

In

the

most

conservative

case,

this

phase

would

be

used

to

disable

networking

and

provide

a

short

window,

such

as

15

minutes,

for

the

user

to

save

work

in

progress.

The

RETRYONERROR

command

is

used

to

keep

the

script

running

and

then

the

machine

can

be

rebooted

into

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

environment.

2.

Code

distribution

phase

an

repair

phase

Now

that

the

threat

of

infection

has

been

removed

by

disabling

the

network

and

rebooting

to

Rescue

and

Recovery,

additional

code

can

be

retrieved

and

repairs

accomplished.

The

network

can

be

enabled

or

only

certain

addresses

can

be

permitted

for

the

time

required

to

retrieve

additional

files.

While

in

Rescue

and

Recovery,

virus

files

can

be

removed

and

the

registry

can

be

cleaned

up.

Unfortunately,

installing

new

software

or

patches

is

not

possible

because

the

patches

assume

that

Windows

XP

is

running.

With

networking

still

disabled

and

all

virus

code

removed,

it

is

safe

to

reboot

to

Windows

XP

to

complete

repairs.

A

tag

file

written

at

this

time

directs

the

script

to

the

patch

section

after

the

reboot.

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Rescue

and

Recovery

4.2

Deployment

Guide

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