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    Hack The PHP Script Code

    in Applications & Coding

    Posted

    When you go to get your car fixed, do they turn you away and say learn how to fix the car yourself?

    No, cause they get MONEY to fix the car. You seem to forget that:p Do the people on the forum get money for their help/ advise? I didn't think so, so it's just a stupid excuse of you to quit this forum.

    Your Network Printer Can Be Hacked

    in Everything Else

    Posted

    This might be helpfull and a warning to all network printers...

    Beware: Your Network Printer Can Be Hacked

    By David Strom

    2008-06-02

    The Strominator doesn't want you to live in fear, but this security hacking issue could wreak havoc in your network.

    I am not sure I should be telling you this, but your network is a sitting duck for a break-in that is both so elegant and potentially

    dangerous.

    All you need is your Web browser and some basic knowledge, and while I

    put a few things together in this column, it didn’t take me more than

    a few minutes of research to do it. This exploit can easily pass through

    your firewalls. It can get around your most sophisticated intrusion

    prevention systems, and once someone is inside your network, they can

    operate in full view of everyone, avoiding the scrutiny of even the

    savviest network administrator.

    How so, you might ask? Go to Google and type (or copy and paste) in the following text in the search field, and you’ll see an example of what I am talking

    about:

    inurl:hp/device/this.LCDispatcher

    What is going on here? Simple.

    Your print servers (among other devices that are connected to your network) have built-in Web and other server that can be used to launch an attack on your network. Many of these print servers have been long forgotten about by anyone in IT. They operate from a position of trust inside your network. They have to;

    Otherwise, no one would get anything printed out.

    And if you click on any of the retrieved pages in our search above, you will be

    transported instantly to print servers that are sitting ducks for

    hackers to take over. I managed to connect to ones in China and Germany,

    and saw that some needed toner or paper, for example.

    Yes, it will take a bit more work to install some rogue application, and

    yes, just Googling them isn’t really an exploit. But you should have

    felt a chill up your back as I did when I first started thinking about

    this situation.

    And print servers aren’t the only sitting ducks, just the easiest to

    explain. How many other IP-connected devices are running on your network

    that have been long since installed and forgotten about? Web cameras?

    Industrial equipment? Fax servers? Scanners? These last two could be

    even more trouble because they come with phone lines to the outside

    world that a hacker could use for further exploits.

    As the number of these networked devices increases, the situation is

    only going to get worse. So what can you do to stop these sorts of

    attacks?

    First off, take the time to locate all these forgotten

    servers. Do a regular scan of what active IPs are out on your network,

    and see if you can associate all of them with known users. Start doing

    the research on the unrecognized IP addresses.

    Second, scan for traffic on port 9100. This is often the port used by

    print servers, and it is an easy way to track down the servers that you

    have forgotten. Finally, take some time to read through this

    documentation from HP (if you have HP servers) or something similar from

    your vendor:

    http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechS....jsp?objectID=b

    pj05999

    Do you have additional comments on this? I would love to hear from

    you. Please post your suggestions, and I will share them.

    source: http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Security/Be...-Can-Be-Hacked/

    Favorite laptop brand

    in Everything Else

    Posted

    My mistake, I just got it wrong too lol. Still, you make a good point about the 901s, I'd say if anyone's waiting for an eee, waiting might be a good idea. That is, wait for Asus to release the Atom-powered models, wait for the competition to heat up (Dell's offering, HP MiniNote, the MSI Wind, etc). TheRegister has suggested that prices will be dropping on the older models of the eee soon, so keep your eyes peeled.

    Thanks for the advice of waiting, almost bought one last week, but it was with a qwerty keyboard :(

    Favorite laptop brand

    in Everything Else

    Posted

    The New EEE PC (The one I've got) no longer requires side scrolling to view web pages. It has a resolution of 1280x600.

    Did you bought it online or where? And what do you mean with the new EEE pc? the 900 series?

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