[CS-FSLUG] Networking details #4 - switch

[Josiah Ritchie]

On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 19:09 -0600, Ed Hurst wrote:
> Well, folks, when I unplugged the switch (to which nothing else was
> plugged in), my firewall stopped logging attempts to get *out* of my
> system using a bogus IP.
> 
> Could the switch have a virus? Could it have been compromise some other
> way? I got it from a fellow who had been cracked at one time in the past.

>From what we've heard about the switch, I think software/firmware
changes are impossible. I don't have a better idea though.

JSR/