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From: _@rak.franken.de (Atrak Llevylyn Kryth)
Subject: Re: IMPORTANT PPP SECURITY ISSUE
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Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 14:13:24 GMT

Angel Ortiz (angelo@tawny.ssd.csd.harris.com) wrote:
: ISSUES:
: When you are connected to your ISP and you are using Dynamic or Static 
: IP addressing your system is seen to the outside world.  For example, anyone
: who can determine your IP address will have the capability of logging into 
: your machine.  It will not matter what type of OS you are running.  As long as
: you are connected to the Internet your IP address is Public and hackers can 
: login into your system.
: 
: COUNTER MEASURES:
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Hm, if I may comment, I guess this is nothing new in any way. And I assume 
all freebsd admins wil know that.

bye
atrak
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