From: | Neil Bothwick |
Date: | 27 Jun 2001 at 08:35:38 |
Subject: | Re: Internet Abuse and Port Hacks (reply) |
johndavis said,
> --- In amigactive@y..., Oovis <oovis@m...> wrote:
>> Have you read this?
>>
>> http://grc.com/dos/grcdos.htm
>>
>> I found it interesting reading. There's a PDF version available too.
Thanks Oovis. I wrote about that for AA 23 yesterday, now everyone will
have read it before the magazine comes out :(
> Actually It's well worth taking a half hour out and reading this.
> Especially the bit about the firewall's at the end. I'd advise anyone
> who accesses the 'Net with a Winbox to install ZoneAlarm, quite
> simply because it works.
There are better solutions by all accounts. The largest security flaws
on a PC can be fixed by typing "delete C:\WINDOWS\*.*" :)
> I know people say that it's an un-necessary
> step to take and that it's scare-mongering, but having had ZoneAlarm
> block out 13 attempts in 15 mins back in Feb, it's well placed.
With the increasing availability of unmetered and broadband access,
particularly the pseudo-static IP addresses of many broadband services,
there is far more hostile activity taking place.
> Although this may be OT, remember this scenario HAS appeared on the
> Amiga. IIRC, a fake Lib/Datatype was written and flooded an address
> (H+P?) with garbage through Miami (I'm sure I'm going to get
> corrected on this),
You are. The datatype sent your Miami config to Digital Corruption. It
was fake version of BlazeWCP, Safe and FBlit that mail bombed H&P.
Fortunately, we don't appear to have any Zombie programs... yet.
> Given the flood of dodgy bits shoved up on Aminet recently, is
> proof enough to me that we all have to be vigilant when downloading
> files.
These programs are very hard to detect, except by their results. A
personal firewall doesn't help here as it is designed to stop
unauthorised traffic coming in, not going out.
Cheers
Neil
Windows '96 artificial intelligence: Unable to FORMAT A: Having a go at C:
Quote carefully and read all ADMIN:README mails
To unsubscribe mailto:amigactive-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
Anyone sending unsubscribe messages to the list will be SHOT!
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/