Re: DON'T BELIEVE "Tracker", "Debbie", VPNSISHACKERSSECRET, "snailmail"!

From: remove (@yahoo.com)
Date: 02/17/03 

From: Tracker <"snailmail(remove)222000"@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 09:45:01 +0300

If you'd like someone to challenge your knowledge, I'll gladly do so.
Just a couple of quick examples

Your VPN "information" is all wrong...the existence of a VPN adapter does
NOT imply a system has been hacked. VPN stands for Virtual Private Network,
setting up encrypted communications between two locations (e.g. a remote
user's PC and hs/her office network). The VPN adapter is a virtual network
adapter that binds to a VPN client and creates the communication pathway to
it's partner location. A VPN adapter would be set up to ensure secure
communications, NOT to hack into someone's system.

1. My VPN advice is for the simple minded Windows users (excluding 2000, NT,
XP).
    A. Read "Que Special Edition Using Windows Me, Page 520".
    B. Install Windows 95, 98, ME and you will not see any VPN Adapter(s)
set-up under Network Properties.

You often indicate that AOL adapters are a sign of hacking. AOL adapters are
installed as part of the AOL client installation. I have yet to see or hear
of an attacker installing the AOL client onto a target machine. If you have
any specific, independently documented (by a recognized authoritative
source) cases, please provide such documentation.

If any individual isn’t using AOL as an Internet Service Provider, no AOL client
adapter(s) will be present in Network Properties. AOL adapter(s) don’t install
themselves all by themselves. User has to invoke the client for the adapter(s)
to appear.

I do not ascribe any improper motives on your part. However, your knowledge
*is* extremely limited and virtually every bit of advice I've seen you post
has been technically inaccurate at best, and generally has been destructive
for anyone who would accept it. If you truly desire to help others with
security problems, please get some formal training both in the platforms you
want to support (e.g. Windows) *and* in security (e.g. CISSP as a start).

I’m not here to critique your skills. My advice is one part of a four slice
pie. Tracker awaits others to share their three slices of pie with the group.

Tracker

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