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Subject: Re: FW: PC Take-Over -- reply
From: Milt Webb <miltwebb @ netcom . com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 1995 04:46:21 -0800 (PST)
To: firewalls @ GreatCircle . com
In-reply-to: <sf0bc4fc . 039 @ Getty . edu>

On Thu, 5 Jan 1995, Wulf Losee wrote:
[deletia]
> Correct me if I'm wrong (please!), but since DOS and regular Windows (both
> Windows 3.x and and Windows for Warehouses) are not multitasking,
> multithreading operating systems it would be impossible to subvert these
> systems unless the cracker were dialing in through a modem or actually
> sitting at the PC's console.
> 

I personally know a lot of folks who leave PC Anywhere or ReachOut or 
some other remote control program running on their office PC so they can 
dial in and work. Many without passwords etc. Could make a good 
springboard for attacks...


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