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<blockquote data-quote="maddman75" data-source="post: 102641" data-attributes="member: 2673">One thing I wanted to add - everyone should have concern about getting cracked.&nbsp; Many think that a hacker wouldn't want their box - they use the computer for surfing, email, games, etc.&nbsp; Not exactly national security secrets.But the crackers often don't want information, they want the box itself.&nbsp; They can use it for a variety of purposes.&nbsp; Maybe run an IRC server off your bandwidth to chat with thier buddys.&nbsp; Or something more nefarious, like using you to serve converted modules complete with the ESD (desperate attempt to make this thread somewhat on topic <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ) or use your machine to attack a server.This is especially true if you have broadband.&nbsp; That fat pipe is tempting.&nbsp; Also make sure you harden up if your OS has raw sockets, such as Windows XP or any Unix based system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="maddman75, post: 102641, member: 2673"] One thing I wanted to add - everyone should have concern about getting cracked. Many think that a hacker wouldn't want their box - they use the computer for surfing, email, games, etc. Not exactly national security secrets. But the crackers often don't want information, they want the box itself. They can use it for a variety of purposes. Maybe run an IRC server off your bandwidth to chat with thier buddys. Or something more nefarious, like using you to serve converted modules complete with the ESD (desperate attempt to make this thread somewhat on topic :) ) or use your machine to attack a server. This is especially true if you have broadband. That fat pipe is tempting. Also make sure you harden up if your OS has raw sockets, such as Windows XP or any Unix based system. [/QUOTE]

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