On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:43:59 +0900 John Summerfield <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. UPnP is a dreadful protocol but its perfectly possible to do it on Linux. UPnP is an abomination for managing/controlling routers and other devices so its quite possible your router talks it
