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

> Can you give me an idea of how a hacker might attack an NDU network?

Because they can. Most hacking seems to be a matter of curiosity, people
just trudge around the net looking for insecure sites, then getting in
and seeing what's lying around. Some do it for fun, some to steal
software and there are nasty little tricksters as well. Hacking is less
of a problem with a Mac based network because the lack of a CLI and a
suite of internet tools which can be driven via a CLI confuses the heck
out of a hacker.

However, security on Mac networks is usually dreadful, with users
choosing to share volumes at random and often without passwords. Hence a
clued up hacker can often get more out of a Mac network once they
realise what kind of system they are connecting to.

> In particular, why the risk is higher than with dialup accounts?

With a dialup account, a hacker has to get in when your system is up,
which tends to happen in 15 - 30 minute slots randomly dispersed through
the day. Also with a dialup account, the hacker can't connect when they
want, only when you decide to connect to the host router. 

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