Hello Alex, I just tried it on my MPower and it doesn't work.
Looks like it's just an Apex issue.
Sincerely,
John
----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Hall <[email protected]
To: Sabahattin
Gucukoglu<[email protected]
Date sent: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 21:03:00 -0400
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Warning: BrailleNote Apex Offers
Read/Write FTPAndTelnet Access To All Comers
This is crazy!!
1. Connect to a wifi network on an Apex (someone with an mpower,
please try this as well).
2. Go to options > connectivity > active connection details and
space
down to the "ip address" item. Note this address.
3. On any computer, including the bn, go to:
fpt://a.b.c.d
where a.b.c.d is the ip you noted earlier.
4. You can see the contents of any drive available on the bn
(though
some drives have an odd timestamp), and download anything you
want.
This means that anyone could do the same and you would never know
it!!
On the bright side, it does let you save the bn as a folder in
Windows
(on a pc) and manage files on the bn that way, eliminating the
need
for activeSync; just copy a file from your pc and paste it into
the
virtual folder you set up. Of course, if you are using dhcp, you
will
have to specify the ip each time the bn re-connects, but it is
quite
convenient. Still, as nice as it is, it is a massive security
risk.
The best way to avoid this is to not use wifi anywhere you do not
feel
secure, such as at home. This is an impractacle solution,
though. Your
only other hope is to keep everything in .kwb (keyword braille)
formatted files, since these files are difficult, if not
impossible,
to read without a bn. Thanks to the OP for discovering this; I
am off
to email hw, and I recommend that anyone else who understands
this
message do the same. Basically, the bn can be remotely accessed
by
anyone and files moved to or from it, and you will never know.
Again,
you can use this to your advantage to move files to and from the
bn
and the pc over wifi, which would be a great feature if it were
made
secure.
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