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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mike Milde who wrote (9959)	8/5/1998 1:24:00 PM
From: Hal Rubel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

More Details Back Orifice (BO) From Post #9857 Rantings: "None of this is lost on Microsoft. But then again, they don't care. Security is way down on their list of priorities according to security expert Russ Cooper of NT BUGTRAQ (www.ntbugtraq.com). "Microsoft doesn't care about security because I don't believe they think it affects their profit. And honestly, it probably doesn't." Nice. But regardless of which side of the firewall you sit on, you can't afford not to have a copy of Back Orifice. Here are the specs: Back Orifice (BO) allows the user to remotely control almost all parts of the operating system, including: File system Registry System Passwords Network Processes * BO contains extensive multimedia control, allowing images to be captured from the server machine's screen, or from any video input device attached to the machine. * BO has an integrated HTTP server, allowing uploads and downloads of files to and from a machine on any port using any http client. * BO has an integrated packet sniffer, allowing easy monitoring of network traffic. * BO has an integrated keyboard monitor, allowing the easy logging of keystrokes to a log file. * BO allows connection redirection, allowing connections to be bounced off a machine to any other machine on the Internet. * BO allows application redirection, allowing text based applications running on the server machine to be controlled via a simple telnet session. Even open a remote shell. * BO has a simple plugin interface, allowing additional modules to be written by third parties, and executed in Back Orifice's hidden system process. * BO is EASY TO INSTALL! Simply run the server, and it installs itself, and removes the executable it was originally run from, or it can be attached to any other Windows executable, which will run normally after installing the Back Orifice server. * BO is TRANSPARENT! Back Orifice does not show up in the task list, or even the Close Programs dialog, it is automatically restarted each time the computer boots, and does not affect the operation of any other applications. * BO is CONFIGURABLE! The filename that Back Orifice installs itself as, the port Back Orifice communicates on, and the encryption key are all configurable before the server is installed. * BO is ENCRYPTED! Communication packets used by Back Orifice are encrypted with a user definable key, so only the intended client can control the server. * BO is FREE! All the functionality mentioned above AND MORE is available in the 120k server, along with an easy to use text based or GUI client, Back Orifice comes with everything you need to distribute and control any number of machines. * BO is GROWING! New features, increased efficiency, new plugins, and more support are being added to Back Orifice every day. After August 3, Back Orifice will be available from www.cultdeadcow.com free of charge. " Hal PS: Sounds like more than just a free PC Anywhere. This could be a useful program. Back Orifice (BO) takes a lot of diverse hacker level capabilities and integrates them into a user friendly tool. You do not need to be a hacker to use it. Management could use the Back Orifice interface as a productivity tool to monitor employees. Parents can monitor their children, and teachers their students. And, if you don't want to be monitored and mentored by your betters, just delete the BO program. What could be simpler? HR

To: Mike Milde who wrote (9959)	8/9/1998 12:10:00 PM
From: Dennis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Anyone please, read a review of Money vs. Quicken. Not a very good review of msft product. Is this a big seller for msft?? Article was in IBD, monday issue. Said msft was intent on gaining market share from Intuit but this new product won't do it for them. Also, how come there is not too much activity on this thread?? Just got back from the Vinyard.... on vacation.... didn't see many of you out there. Other threads are jammed with stuff. I would think this one would be buzzing because of DOJ.gg Peace