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Ben Lovejoy <ben@lovejoy.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Sure, but I mean how they would go about it? I'm unclear as to where the
> risk lies. What do they do - try to telnet to an IP address or what?

That's one route. Others include exploiting known weaknesses such as
program linking, printer sharing, oddball Java weaknesses. Basically if
they can launch or control an application on your machine (somehow) then
they have a route in.

I'm trying hard not to be specific about this because what little I do
know is covered by non-disclosure agreements. How about taking it as
read that connectign a system to the net without a firewall is a
security risk. How big a risk depends upon the sensitivity of the
information that you store and the financial risk if someone should
happen to get in and (say) trash all the info on your system.

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