Re: [fw-wiz] Username password VS hardware token plus PIN
From: Dragos Ruiu (dr_at_kyx.net)
Date: 02/24/05
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To: Frank Knobbe <frank@knobbe.us>, ark@eltex.net Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 15:38:25 -0800
On February 22, 2005 03:13 pm, Frank Knobbe wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 01:38 +0300, ArkanoiD wrote:
> > Aren't you afraid of BT-transmitted worm with keylogger feature? ;-))
>
> Nope. Being security conscious, BlueTooth is disabled. (Actually, Nokia
> did a good job keeping BT and IrDA disabled by default until you need
> it.) Also, a port scan when connected to Wifi didn't show any surface
> to scratch on. That leaves attacks via email and MM-SMS messages.
Is it _really_ disabled, or is it just turning off address beaconing?
If the latter a brute force address searcher (c.f. RedFang and others)
may still find it.
cheers,
--dr
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