[pchelpers] Re: UDP Packets

John,

You bring up an interesting point my friend. How about ARP packets? They're 
UDP and your PC doesn't request them, they just come in. Recently, with Code 
Red, ARP replies have been VERY intense.

As for UDP being used as a mechanism for stealing info, hmm...you can't 
really "steal" info unless your system is making it available. Sure, maybe 
some ad program is running and other businesses in cahoots with the maker are 
able to gleen the info. 

So, if you do a netstat -an and only see the standard UDP ports, how is 
personal info supposed to be gained that way? I think if Linux users knew 
that anyone can get any kind of information via "anonymous" UDP packets, they 
wouldn't be using it.

Another two cents in the pot,

Tim Hamel

In a message dated 9/4/01 6:15:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
john.ford1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:


> Tim,
> 
> I have to disagree. In my vast years of experience using the Internet, I
> have never found anything that was just "sent" to you without 
> your request
> ever being good. This type of packet can and is being used by certain ones
> to collect information, steal info about you, your system, etc., etc. Many
> cable systems are using static addresses, and dial-ups use a moving address
> as it where. What I am trying to say is that it is harder to hit a moving
> target as in dial-ups. It is much easier to capture a "static" 
> address used
> by many cable systems. So if you receive an anyomous packet, it can then do
> the work silently in the background no matter what type os system you have.
> Just my two cents worth.
> 
> John F
>

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