Hello Jernej, On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:53:14 +0200 GMT (17/09/2008, 02:53 +0700 GMT), Jernej Simončič wrote:
>> The easiest way, if you have a fax machine, is to fax him the >> information. That's a straight phone-line connection, not networked, so >> the probability of anyone being able to tap into it is very small. JS> It's actually quite easy to eavesdrop on phone - you just need to JS> connect a cable at the appropriate place. Once you do that, it's not JS> even that hard to intercept faxes. True. But the eavesdropper needs to have physical access to the appropriate cable at least once, while email can be hacked remotely. Come on. Of course every phone line can be tapped (except if you have one of those 007-gadgets where you have to say "scramble!" before starting to speak, and the whole conversation is encrypted even if the other party uses a standard phone), but this is only likely in the event someone has a personal grudge against you or the other party in the phone conversation. Sure, government agencies do that all the time, but how likely is that that the average hacker taps a phone/fax line? Do you keep a gun under your mattress yet? >> In addition, the image format that fax uses is pretty effective as >> an encryption measure even though it's a published standard. A >> casual snooper isn't likely to have the necessary tools... JS> Much more likely to have them than anything that would let him JS> intercept IP traffic, be it through DSL or cable (not to mention JS> that even intercepting that traffic won't help when the site uses JS> encryption). For the technology yes. However, I would believe that the number of hackers connecting their fax machines (or software equivalent) to other people's phone/fax lines is less than those intercepting IP traffic remotely. That's just a guess, I have no figures. I am also still waiting for the headline "Credit Card Details Stolen by Gang who Connected Fax Machines to Vendors' Fax Lines". If you say this has happened more often that with credit card details sent by unencrypted emails or via unsecured websites, or has happened at all, I would be amazed by "someone's" ability to keep it out of the press. A new conspiracy theory is in the making... ;-) -- Cheers, Thomas. Wednesday, the Ladies Liturgy Society will meet. Mrs. Jones will sing "Put me in My Little Bed" accompanied by the pastor. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.0.28.4 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.0.24.0 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
