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Date:	Tue, 26 Oct 1999 11:00:29 PDT
From:	Patrick Tantraphol <ptantra@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
To:	< "discussion@possi.org" > discussion@possi.org >
Subject:	SCOUG-General: Windows security over the Internet (May apply to OS/2 machines as well)

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If you're curious about how secure your computer is over the internet, you
may want to check out this PCMagazine article. This is especially
important if you have a cable modem or DSL connection, where your computer
is always on the internet.

http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/firstlooks/0,6763,2377223,00.html

Essentially the article discusses a website that will probe your
Windows-based computer to see how much information your computer is
broadcasting/revealing about itself over the internet. Kinda revealing.
Since the site primarily focuses on the NetBios and NetBios over TCP/IP
protocols on a Windows-based machine, it may apply to OS/2 machines as
well.

I'd be curious to find out how much information an OS/2 machine gives out
if it is running NetBios over TCP/IP.

The website that does the probing is:
http://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

Patrick

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