Uh-oh...
Mike Coleman
mkc at mathdogs.com
Fri Mar 23 16:40:10 CST 2001
"Jeremy Fowler" <jeremy at microlink.net> writes:
> Backorifice has various encryption plugins that encrypt the data packets, couple
> those with STCPIO which encrypts the header and most firewalls wouldn't be able
> to identify that packet as a backorifice packet. The only real solution is to
> limit what ports a PC has access to on the Internet, use a proxy server for web
> browsing, and use NAT to separate the network PCs from the outside world.
Even this, though, will not stop a determined effort. (Check out the
IP-over-DNS hack, for example.)
Keeping your information private is becoming as difficult as keeping your
germs to yourself. If everything you touch or pass close to is a potential
vector, your options are pretty limited.
--Mike
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