[iwar] New vulnerability?

From: Charles Preston (cpreston@sinbad.net)
Date: 2002-02-15 18:01:24


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Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 17:01:24 -0900
Subject: [iwar] New vulnerability?
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>Message: 13
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 22:17:51 -0800 (PST)
> From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net>
>Subject: The Therminator

....
>But the computers don't even have to be turned on, McEachen said.  By
>simply being hooked up to an Internet modem, they are vulnerable to such
>probes.
....

Now I'm really getting worried.

Maybe he doesn't mean "really off".  Is he referring to WfM Wake on LAN?

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