Re: Plug & Play
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Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 23:59:55 +0100
Nick wrote:
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> CRC & others say disable the Plug & Play because of security issues. As I
> use ZA Pro, will I be protected from hackers trying to exploit these
> security flaws with Plug & Play?
>
> Also, if I do disable it, is it worth enabling it again when I buy a Plug &
> Play device for the sake of the installation?
It's not hardware PnP that's the security risk, but "Universal Plug and
Play" - this is a network service with "vulnerabilities" and should
indeed be disabled. Home users have no use for it anyway.
http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid1_gci525224,00.html
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