Comment HP Printers, CSCO routers and port 80 (mixed bag) (Score 1) 472
Hmmm well - can't comment on the routers but I snagged a 3 hour job updating the firmware on an HP laserJet 4000 which was dying inexplicably - it only started doing so last week.
Rumours are that it is port 80 related. Firmware update (which is no walk in the park esp. on a Win2k only network - thanks HP) seemed to do the trick.
I'm still getting hit a couple of times an hour with port 80 requests ... whois says most of them seem to be from .tw
I'm nice and cosy in my firewall ignoring them ...
And the whole deal with providers blocking port 80 - I'm not supporting their actions , haven't affected me and I haven't thought about this much etc. etc. - but would this drop requests to access port 80 on infected machines - which should prevent the unwashed DSL carriers from being dragged into a nasty DoS via access to http//your.box.is.mine/scripts/ blah blah blah
Or am I talking out of my dubya ??
Rumours are that it is port 80 related. Firmware update (which is no walk in the park esp. on a Win2k only network - thanks HP) seemed to do the trick.
I'm still getting hit a couple of times an hour with port 80 requests
And the whole deal with providers blocking port 80 - I'm not supporting their actions , haven't affected me and I haven't thought about this much etc. etc. - but would this drop requests to access port 80 on infected machines - which should prevent the unwashed DSL carriers from being dragged into a nasty DoS via access to http//your.box.is.mine/scripts/ blah blah blah
Or am I talking out of my dubya ??
