Re: SANS Says Your Computer's Back Door Is Wide Open

["The Security Community" <thesecuritycommunity () gmail com>]

On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Daniel H. Renner
<dan () losangelescomputerhelp com> wrote:

> (Since when did a printer or a hard drive need to communicate out to the Internet!?)


Ask HP... this is on the "Privacy Settings"
(http://address.of.your.hp.printer/) of a LaserJet 3700...

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