[CUBE] FW cable attached (maybe O/T, maybe NOT)

[atoa at krak.net]

Say what? FW is a serial bus protocol, not a networking one.

See, e.g., http://firewire.adaptec.com/1394_summary.html

Not all standards that allow one to connect two pieces of equipment are 
networking ones.

I've never tried it, but I doubt that one can "break into" a remote 
computer connected solely in the manner described by the original poster.

On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Steve Goldstein wrote:

> I see no problem.  FW is a networking protocol.  So, there is always the risk 
> that someone else that breaks into one of the computers can get into the 
> other via the FW connection, but that is a remote possibility only, and 
> probably not what you are at all concerned with.
>
> --Steve
>
> At 6:15 PM +0200 8/5/04, Luis Meleiro wrote:
>> Is there any danger in letting a FW cable always attached to two Macs even 
>> if I'm not using FW Target Disk Mode!?
>> This question may seem strange but I ask it 'cause I find it tedious to 
>> plug/unplug each time I intend to use TDM.
>
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