Re: Mediaone Hacker

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From: Jeff Cochran
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 00:00

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>>>1.  Can a hacker break into windows95 even though file & printer
>>>sharing is disabled, no firewall installed?  If yes, how much damage
>>>can he do?

>>Yes, and as much damage as you can imagine, from wiping your drive to
>>using your system to attack others.

>How ? I disagree. 

You disagree that a hacker can get into a system if file and printer
sharing is disabled?  What if PWS is active?  Whta about a trojan
backdoor sent in an e-mail message?  How about the exploits using CGI
on a website?

Ignoring the fact that not checking the 'Share my drives with others"
box won't fully disable file sharing, there are many more ways into a
system than through file sharing.  If I can get anything through to
alter the registry, I can get to anything on the system in any manner
I wish.

Jeff

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Subject: Re: Mediaone Hacker
Date: 1999/12/16
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