it's the "net bios" which is part of some network cards for machines that have to boot over a network. mostly a pc thing, but it can be exploited. there is also a "boot p" program of some sort on some machines that can be exploited. the basic bios of the pc itself is probably safe, but obviously if you can get evil code into a network card you could have that code attack the main bios or other nasty things. there were also some more mundane viruses that tried to destroy a pc's bios all together and resulted in a machine being basically toast since few people can reprogram a wiped bios chip. yes, i was talking about an attack aimed at the "netbios", but that's potentially very bad as well. i apologize for the misphrasing, but i do indeed know what i'm talking about, it's a "feature" for network admins to make updates etc., but like most such features it's easily exploited for other uses, like echoing everything to another machine.
Bill Bradford wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 05:29:52PM -0600, Philip Stortz wrote: > > sorry, that should have said that the ip spoofers were trying to get > > into my bios eeprom, which of course is a pc thing but is a fine way to > > mess up a machine and certainly not something a remote party should be > > trying to do if i didn't ask them to. the party involved made several > > attempts to get into my bios over a period of at least 15 minutes. > > You have no idea what you're talking about; there's no way for someone to > get into your BIOS over a network connection. ------ -- "Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." - Helen Keller, American Blind/Deaf Author & Lecturer... -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
