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Attack Of The Dreamcasts

kevin_conaway writes "A pair of coders are now suggesting that it is possible, with a modified dreamcast system running Linux to sneek into an office building and stick it on a network drop and leave. The dreamcast will then probe for ways to connect to the outside world. They say they have created similar software for iPAQs and a special bootable cdroms for print servers and similar boxes. Just a reminder that are networks need to be as secure on the inside as they should be on the outside. Get the story here."

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  1. just goes to show... by i.r.id10t · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... that inside physical security is just as important as network/software level security - if not more so.

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