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André id like to add that this is one of the most dangerous thing you can do as far as your friends machine is concerned. there is no security at all here and anyone that telnets to that port to find out whats running will find themselves with a command shell. if this is to be an on going thing and not just an experiment get and install realVNC on his machine. its free and gives you password encryption. the client is only 172k or you can use a browser to access his machine on port 5900. pcanywhere would be better but its not free. even telnet would be better than netcat. At least set the firewall to only allow connections from your ip address.
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he's using cryptcat, that's a more secure version of netcat (uses encryption),
and the listener listens actually at port 80, so, i don't think that he'll be hacked so soon...
but maybe you're right. I'll tell him to take a firewall, and only allow my adress..
greetz
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Cryptcat encrypts the session, doesn't password protect it, and port 80 is a very high traffic port, it's one of those that is sure to be scanned, for your friends protection, I wouldn't recommend using that port. I would recommend a high numbered port that only your system has access to.
PuRe
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you really should at least consider VNC with a FW configured to allow just your address. you transfer files the same way using ftp but its a fully graphical interface in that you have controll of the desktop. not as much fun but allot more secure.
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maybe you're right.
I'll do the file transfers with ftp now.
PS: does annyone knows where I can find a stupid-proof guide "how to install your own ftp server" ???
thanks.
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Originally posted here by André
maybe you're right.
I'll do the file transfers with ftp now.
PS: does annyone knows where I can find a stupid-proof guide "how to install your own ftp server" ???
thanks.
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