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Glaring security hole: by RetiQlum2 2005-06-18 01:02:44
Something called 'GoToMyPC.Com'

It suggests a website that allows you to access your company's LAN from anywhere. Validated through them. It sounds like a phishing expedition. Why on Earth would you allow some third party access to your LAN?! I haven't investigated it yet, so I don't know this for a fact, but any network security admins out there ought to scan to scan their networks for this product.

It. Does. Not. Sound. Like. Safe. Hex.
[ Reply ]
  IIRC, isn't it a VNC-type program? by Arivia2005-06-18 01:12:41
    Perhaps I reacted hastily... by RetiQlum22005-06-18 01:26:12
      Not directly to your entire LAN by bealz22005-06-18 02:50:10
  I'm under the impression that this is something by ideur2005-06-18 01:20:08
    The problem is accessing the whole network from... by RetiQlum22005-06-18 01:29:55
  Hmmm ... been reading theyr "license and terms" by ideur2005-06-18 01:51:16
    Yeah, that's what I was thinking. (n/t) by RetiQlum22005-06-18 01:54:45
      Could as well remove my OpenBSD firewall ... by ideur2005-06-18 02:00:32
  Tricky... by Red_Wolf2005-06-18 03:56:51
  GoToMyPC has been around for quite a while. by ChuckAB2005-06-18 06:46:24

 

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