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Main Forums => Hardware, Software, and Other Imperialist Crap => Topic started by: SeK612 on December 09, 2002, 06:02:55 AM

Title: IP
Post by: SeK612 on December 09, 2002, 06:02:55 AM: Just wondering, those who can, whether you could check the IP(s) below and see what weaknesses / holes there are in the guys connection. Basically it's a mates who has broadband and seems to think that he doesn't need to protect himself with firewalls, we were dicussing it in ICT, and I was just wondering wether this was the case...

IP : - 80.0.15.92, 62.252.224.7
Title: IP
Post by: Anonymous on December 09, 2002, 06:35:40 AM: If you have broadband, have file sharing enabled, and do not have a firewall, you are asking for a lot of trouble. I'm not going to even bother checking given that I don't know the owner or the addresses, and they have not done anything to me to warrent a response.
Title: IP
Post by: Anonymous on December 09, 2002, 08:20:28 AM: Ask Banshee, I'm sure he'd love to get in an activate one of his programs!
Title: IP
Post by: Banshee on December 09, 2002, 09:22:24 AM: Heh heh heh, only if he comes in here looking for trouble. :twisted: :wink:
Title: Re: IP
Post by: 12AX7 on December 09, 2002, 09:28:30 AM: Quote from: SeK612
seems to think that he doesn't need to protect himself with firewalls

Mmm. He will sooner or later.
Title: IP
Post by: SeK612 on December 09, 2002, 10:09:04 AM: Heh,

But seriously I just wanted to point out why he needs one - I would do it myself if I had any idea what to do - so I thought I'd ask the kind and caring people at teh geekery (http://www.gotthegeek.com/forum) for a bit of help :)

SeK 612
Title: IP
Post by: MR.SMITH on December 18, 2002, 01:35:36 PM: He doesnt have file or printer sharing on, so most people wont be able to meddle with shit on his computer.