-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Paul Johnson wrote: [snip] >> I would think that anyone hacking into my system would face a login >> prompt, but who knows? I'm not running a ssh daemon, so it I don't see >> what would give them such prompt, and my firewall should block anyone >> attempting to come in, but I also know that there are some really weird >> hacks out there and people who can do things like surf the web while >> tunneling through an IMCP connection (becuase ping is open) can do some >> pretty tricky things and I know if I pull the plug, there's no way >> anything can get in. > > That's a new one on me. Cite? >
Oh, now I had too google it. Here's one: http://www.cs.uit.no/~daniels/PingTunnel/ Not the most reliable way surf, but it is possible. It seems people don't like paying for internet hot-spots when there is a way around it, and it is possible through ICMP (transposed the acronym in the previous message). Now, of course I would never do anything like this, but that doesn't mean other people don't. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGLMY0iXBCVWpc5J4RArvcAJ9pm48HqoZ4FgvZBqJm+hH82RgohgCfZoz6 dGIyLUl4TpCPJ78TLJ0Fbcc= =H5KE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]