UPnP attack

[John Summerfield]

Les wrote:
> Hi, guys, 
> 	I just got this from a Tech Republic newsletter:
> http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/tech-news/?p=1902
> 
> 	Basically it notes a form of attack using port forwarding by use of
> Flash and Javacode.  However, probably other scripting languages could
> be used.  It is not OS or browser dependent, but rather depends on the
> standard protocols of UPnP and and the Flash plug-in programing

standard _windows_ protocol. I've not heard of Linux doing it.





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