Re: [PLUG] fire wall question(s)

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

> Your friend running anw windows box on a DSL without a firewall is in
> extreme danger.  All you need is an open port to write to and you're in
> to do whatever you want.

I know of a company with a small network using all public IPs and no firewall.
Anyone could go in and reconfigure their print server and see all of their
shared documents.  Imagine a cracker finding documents with credit card
information or passwords.  Or someone sending 500 pages of pure black to the
printer at night.


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