Security Basics: Re: Attacking a machine on network.

[Alexander Klimov <alserkli () inbox ru>]

On Wed, 30 May 2007, John Pluffum wrote:
> If someone doesn't run a service, this obviously leads me to the
> assumption that that particular machine could never be cracked ? Is
> this a right assumption ?
No. Software can be exploited if it processes data prepared by
an attacker. If a computer is connected to a network it is likely
receive some information from the network, and thus probably
can be exploited. Note that even if a computer is not connected
to any network, but say, used only to edit MS Word files carried
on a flash disk, it still can be compromised by an attacker who
can trick the user to open his file.

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Regards,
ASK