Jason Coombs wrote: > Anyone interested in downloading these guides must be aware that they > are distributed by Microsoft in the form of self-extracting .exe's > bearing digital signatures embedded in the Portable Executable file's > header section. Obviously use self-extracting .exes is a ludicrous idea from a security point of view, however, at least you don't have to run them: $ wget "http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/7/f/37fcf915-c19e-4c09-8b05-1573ea58b164/W2KHG 1.1.exe" $ unzip W2KHG%201.1.exe Archive: /arch/W2KHG%201.1.exe inflating: Windows 2000 Hardening Guide.doc inflating: Templates/installSceregvl.bat ... Paul
