Having expended a considerable amount of time trying to build a bastian of invincibility 
in terms of security I then decided to road test my system in the most treacherous 
of waters - the chat room.

I, for better or worse, can usually precipitate events and on this night after some 
careful precipitation I was invaded with endless chat boxes and 'BUZZ' bongs (in 
the style of Yahoo Pager).

It seemed my system failed the test.

How can some person unleash such an attack on my system when I have a multi-layered 
protection from system infestation?

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re: Inet Attacks Friday, May 27, 2005 at 12:00 pm Posted by Mike (257 messages posted) Sript kiddies? Depends on how well you have your "security" system set up. eg. did you buy a firewall and install it and leave it on default settnigs? Have you blocked ports that you don't use or allow access by mnual command only? Hardwre firewalls available? Does your ISP have support / firewalls in place to assist as well? on and on the list goes...it seems no matter hoe much one would try to protect from forced entry etc. there is also a hole...backdoor programs etc. who knows? md On Friday, May 27, 2005 at 10:06 am, Ian Clark wrote: > >Having expended a considerable amount of time trying to build a bastian of invincibility >in terms of security I then decided to road test my system in the most treacherous >of waters - the chat room. > >I, for better or worse, can usually precipitate events and on this night after some >careful precipitation I was invaded with endless chat boxes and 'BUZZ' bongs (in >the style of Yahoo Pager). > >It seemed my system failed the test. > >How can some person unleash such an attack on my system when I have a multi-layered >protection from system infestation? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Inet Attacks Friday, May 27, 2005 at 3:50 pm Posted by Frank (77 messages posted) for example... if your're reading this note you've let me get to the screen of your computer ;-P Frank ------------------ linux + XP [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum