[Ti] Privacy

[Tom R. no spam]

I've done packet sniffing when not behind a firewall, using
a fixed IP address which is very seldom used, and found my
unit hit with a port scan from outside in less than a minute.
If you're running an application which leaves a port open,
that can be found and exploited.

On Sun, 15 Jun 2003, Tarik Bilgin wrote:
 . . .
> > Is there any way that someone can gain access to our PowerBooks when
> > we are online without our approval?  I have always assumed that such
> > was not possible, but I am not dreaming.
>
> it totally depends what applications you are running. Yes, there are
> applications you can run which will give people certain access to
> services on your Powerbook.
>
> The most simple of these are: ftp service, web service, ssh service,
> smb (windows file sharing) service, which can all b e switched on and
> off in the sharing pane of Sys Prefs.
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