On 18/07/2015 06:34 πμ, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote:
Hi,
in order to connect my ASUS Memp Pad 7 ME176CX to the internet I need
a working WLAN (my DSL router/modem is of the copper area - no
Wifi/WLAN). The hardware (an USB dongle) is already there...it needs
"only" be configured and setup.
The problem I (possibly needless) see is: While I am tinkering and
testing the configuration I may setup an open Wifi access point
without noticing it in first glance and
BANG! get hacked ... in the worst case: unrecognized...
What is the "best practice" here?
Is there a certain independant configuration, which I can set,
which prevents this scenario?
Thank you very much in advance for any help!
Best regards,
Meino
PS: If one knows the ASUS Memo Pad 7 ME176CX and knows a
way to locally connect this tablet to the internet...this
would be a way to go also. I would appreciate any hint in
this case (Using Lollipop 5.0).
If you don't have any daemons running that provide network services
(have opened listen ports), you can't get hacked. This is usually a
problem for Windows, which by default has a gazillion of services
running (NetBIOS, printer/media/filesystem/everything sharing,
messaging, remote desktop, etc.)
On Gentoo, if *you* didn't set up a service, then nothing is listening
on the network.
