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On 18/07/2015 08:43 μμ, Andrew Savchenko wrote: |
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> On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 06:47:21 +0300 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>>> The problem I (possibly needless) see is: While I am tinkering and |
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>>> testing the configuration I may setup an open Wifi access point |
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>>> without noticing it in first glance and |
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>>> BANG! get hacked ... in the worst case: unrecognized... |
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>> If you don't have any daemons running that provide network services |
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>> (have opened listen ports), you can't get hacked. |
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> Yes and no. If user enabled network interface and has no network |
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> daemons running, kernel still listens to that interface (ARP, icmp |
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> and so on) and may be hacked using vulnerabilities in network |
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> stack, protocol handlers or even network device drivers. |
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Which is not a realistic scenario. We can assume that for all intents |
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and purposes, the OP is safe. |
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