Subj : Ghosts in the Machine
To   : CONSTANCE RAWLEY
From : TODD HENSON
Date : Tue Oct 31 2000 11:47 pm

>  Hello Todd,
>  
>  CR> You too? Did you see the recent posts in the Fidonews Echo about
>  CR> hackers invading someone's computer and installing a directory
>  CR> above the root directory? I didn't even think that was possible!
>  CR> They don't have to be collecting information on you, Todd. They
>  CR> might just want to use your computer to launch attacks on other
>  CR> computers.
>  
>  TH> Hmmm....I never heard of installing a directory above the root.
>  TH> I wouldn't even know what means.
>  
>  I don't know how they do it. The report I read said that the directory
>  was installed above the root and it was hidden. And this was done by
>  someone who had accessed the computer from a remote site.


Makes reaching out across the web kinda scary sometimes.


>  TH> But I guess you're right about how others might want to use the
>  TH> computers of others.
>  
>  I've read that these types of hacker attacks are occurring more
>  frequently due to a combination of service providers and modems that
>  allow computers to stay connected to the Internet 24 / 7.
>  
>  Computers that are online all of the time give hackers plenty of
>  opportunity to carry out their exploits.


Heck, you'd think that they would just unplug their cable modems when they
weren't surfing. I'm 
not aware if that would cause any problems.


>  
>  TH> So, how are you today, Constance?
>  
>  It's nothing that can't be cured, though the remedies that some suggest
>  sound a little extreme. :-)  Speaking of remedies, why did you leave 
>  Holysmoke, yet continue to participate here? What is it that you're 


Reasons for becoming tired of places like Holysmoke are obvious. As for
here, it's more fun. :-)


>  seeking or trying to accomplish? 


Why, world domination of course!
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