Uh-oh...

[Mike Coleman]

"Jeremy Fowler" <jeremy at microlink.net> writes:
> Backorifice has various encryption plugins that encrypt the data packets, couple
> those with STCPIO which encrypts the header and most firewalls wouldn't be able
> to identify that packet as a backorifice packet. The only real solution is to
> limit what ports a PC has access to on the Internet, use a proxy server for web
> browsing, and use NAT to separate the network PCs from the outside world.

Even this, though, will not stop a determined effort.  (Check out the
IP-over-DNS hack, for example.)

Keeping your information private is becoming as difficult as keeping your
germs to yourself.  If everything you touch or pass close to is a potential
vector, your options are pretty limited.

--Mike

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