On Sun, 30 Mar 2003, Kevin Keating II wrote:
> paraniod about people breaking into my machine while it is in standby or
> can it actually happen? Thanks...
To the best of my knowledge, wake-on-lan is a Layer 2 protocol that
requires:
1. Wake-On-Lan to be turned on in the BIOS.
2. Network adaptor support.
3. Knowledge of the target's MAC address.
So, if you turn off support in the BIOS, it's a non-issue. Even if you
don't, the "attack" would have to come from your local LAN segment anyway,
at which point you have already been compromised.
I'd say go ahead and leave your system in standby, so long as you disable
WOL. Even if you don't, I wouldn't lose much sleep over it unless the
LAN is also open to a WLAN bridge.
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