Hello Tim
On 03-Jan-01, you wrote:
> _Replying to a message_
>
> By: Joseph Duch�telet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On: Wednesday, January 03, 2001, 6:36:20 PM
> Re: [Miami] Re: Miami(DX) Time bug?
>
>
> Hi Joseph,
>
>>>>> BTW anyone know what ports 12345 and 27374 are? My log is just full
>>>>> of access attempts from various hosts to these 2
>> Is this site Amiga related ?
>
> No. By looking at the first page, you can instantly tell it's Windows.
I thought i might have missed some Amiga Link on it.
>
>> Do we have to worry about the mentioned port attacks if you don't have a
>> windows system attached? When you use your Amiga just for internet
>> acces not for providing any direct acces tot your own system, is there a
>> possibility to be ataacked ?
>
> *Most* of these sorts of things rely on two things:
>
> They've found an exploitable bug in Windows (e.g. remote access to
> something that shouldn't have remote access - which requires you to have
> the OS that they're trying to exploit).
>
> Them sneaking a trojan onto your system, that gives them access. Again,
> you'll need the OS they're using.
>
> Probably the thing most likely to allow someone remote access to your
> Amiga, is setting up a telnet server, in a half hearted manner. That can
> give someone a full CLI link to your system. By the way, there isn't one
> set up, by default, in any version of Miami that I've ever seen.
>
> Other than that, about all you have to worry about is your web browser
> crashing while trying to view some page. Or some twit flooding you with
> pings, until your link to your ISP has no spare capacity for what you
> *want* to be doing at that moment.
Thanks for the clarification.
Joseph
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