/sys/doc/ Documentation archive


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: another security story -- or an opportunity



> > >
> > >An associate of mine who is computer literate tells me his cable system
> > >internet connection allows some interesting privacy problems -- if he
uses
> > >Windows 95 to browse the "network neighborhood" he sees lots of other
> > >machines, and can even access some of them anonymously...
> > >

This is because all machines are on the same segment. Firewall won't
help here.


Gregor Ibic
SRC Computers
ibic.gregor@eunet.si
http://zeus.src-comp.si