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tubbynet
reminds me of the danse russe
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join:2008-01-16
Chandler, AZ

reply to nixen

Re: TekSavvy

said by nixen:

It means there's enough address space that you'll be able to telnet to your toaster from your island vacation spot.
however, with this newfound flexibility comes the responsibility of the end user to secure all internet facing devices. granted - nat isn't much security, but it does provide a first layer to keep the script kiddies out. i can just see the port-scans going on scanning hunndreds of blocks per second and looking for openings and exploits. for the majority of embedded devices, there is no real way to "patch" the system without going through a bit of trouble. i can see a lot of pwnage happening.

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nixen
Rockin' the Boxen
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join:2002-10-04
Alexandria, VA

said by tubbynet:

said by nixen:

It means there's enough address space that you'll be able to telnet to your toaster from your island vacation spot.
however, with this newfound flexibility comes the responsibility of the end user to secure all internet facing devices. granted - nat isn't much security, but it does provide a first layer to keep the script kiddies out. i can just see the port-scans going on scanning hunndreds of blocks per second and looking for openings and exploits. for the majority of embedded devices, there is no real way to "patch" the system without going through a bit of trouble. i can see a lot of pwnage happening.

q.
Would suck to have your toaster hacked. And given the auto ad hoc networking that the one WiFi consortium is working on, it wont be long before our ultra-connected appliances rise up and kill us!
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The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell

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join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA

SKYNet....

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brad

join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON

reply to tubbynet

said by tubbynet:

however, with this newfound flexibility comes the responsibility of the end user to secure all internet facing devices. granted - nat isn't much security, but it does provide a first layer to keep the script kiddies out. i can just see the port-scans going on scanning hunndreds of blocks per second and looking for openings and exploits. for the majority of embedded devices, there is no real way to "patch" the system without going through a bit of trouble. i can see a lot of pwnage happening.

q.
So that will require what sort of changes over existing routers? *thinks* *thinks* oh wait. nothing. OMG! The sky is falling, the sky is falling!

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