Is IP hacking THIS easy?!
OK we’ve been learning about Operating Systems and more recently, security on computers at college. We installed firewall software (ZoneAlarm to be precise) which was a new experience for some of the class members, although not myself.
Afterwards, we were told to open the Telnet service by going to Start, right clicking My Computer > Manage, then Services and then turning it on from there. We pinged a few people’s IP address in the classroom and had great fun creating new folders etc. by typing “telnet [IP address]” and then the chosen command. The whole purpose of this was to see what the firewall would block and what it wouldn’t. The ping tests we usually blocked off (timed out) but the telnet thing wasn’t as long as the service was activated.
Anyway, I wanted to try this back home with my bros PC. Sadly, he’s running XP Home and telnet doesn’t come included with it. I tried going from his computer to mine as I’m running XP MCE 2005 but the router probably blocked it since I couldn’t connect. (more…)
Thursday, November 15th, 2007
