Re: [iwar] New vulnerability?

From: Tony Bartoletti (azb@llnl.gov)
Date: 2002-02-15 18:29:58


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Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 18:29:58 -0800
Subject: Re: [iwar] New vulnerability?
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At 05:01 PM 2/15/02 -0900, you wrote:


> >Message: 13
> > Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 22:17:51 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net>
> >Subject: The Therminator
>
>....
> >But the computers don't even have to be turned on, McEachen said.  By
> >simply being hooked up to an Internet modem, they are vulnerable to such
> >probes.
>....
>
>Now I'm really getting worried.
>
>Maybe he doesn't mean "really off".  Is he referring to WfM Wake on LAN?
>
>cmp

Given the current trend, it may not be very long before vendors like 
Microsoft may be able to power-up your system remotely :)

After all, the system isn't really "yours", they are just granting you a 
privilege to use it, within certain limits.

/sarcasm?

____tony____



Tony Bartoletti 925-422-3881 <azb@llnl.gov>
Information Operations, Warfare and Assurance Center
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA 94551-9900





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