On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 12:22 PM, MMF <[email protected]> wrote: > It appears that this affects only Laser Printers according to the article. > Anyone heard anything further as to inkjet printers not being affected?
I think that's likely just cluelessness on the part of the press author. Or maybe that's just what the current exploit code is targeting. Either way, there's no reason any kind of network-attached printer shouldn't be vulnerable *in concept*. A good implementation with a proper config should be safe, but we all know how rare that is in IT. A network-attached printer is just a computer with a printer wrapped around it. Ditto any other network-attached device. These days, most of them are running VxWorks or Linux internally, both of which are full-blown operating systems capable of any general-purpose computing task. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
