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DracoFelis
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Re: There is no such thing as perfect security.

said by jester121 See Profile:
You did restrict inbound access to only your work IP address, right?
Of course! That was one of the first things I changed when I opened the PC-Anywhere hole in my firewall! I want to allow me (from the office) to get in, not give anyone on the internet a chance to "knock at my door".

I also have the PC-Anywhere "patched up" (using their "Live Update"), and PC-Anywhere is also setup to require strong encryption and a username/password. And once that is entered, a "hacker" would probably still need to know my desktop password (which isn't easy to guess) to unlock my Win2K desktop (just connecting with PC-Anywhere doesn't give you many rights, until the desktop is also "unlocked"). I'm sure this isn't "fool proof" (given a sophisticated enough "hacker"), but it should stop your average "script kiddie" in their tracks....

jester121

join:2003-08-09
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reply to DracoFelis
Oh... you have ports open for PCAnywhere! Excellent. We'll start working on the PCA listener with known vulnerabilities first.

You did restrict inbound access to only your work IP address, right?
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