Re: [TCLUG:6866] Back Orifice 2000

[Troy Johnson <john1536@tc.umn.edu>]

I took a look at it for a previous job (to see what it could do before I
had to clean up after it), and yes, it can do alot of interesting thing,
but the previous version wasn't very reliable and would crash too often
to be useful for admininstration. If this version (2000 or a more 
current version) has more stability it could be very useful for remote
administration (you can hook COMMAND.COM to port 23 and telnet to your
Win95 boxes (wierd!)). I always felt a little creepy using it though,
like you never _really_ know if something _bad_ was in there (originally
the windows source wasn't avaiable, so I tested in a "safe"
environment).

Troy

Bob Tanner wrote:
> 
> Just read a very interesting article on Back Orifice 2000 on slashdot.
> 
> While I understand this is a hackers tool, does Back Orifice (for Win95)
> REALLY do what this article says?
> 
> It reads like WinFrame or PCAnywhere, but open source and can run on your
> linux box. So, it would be a admin's dream :-)
> 
> So, anyone here worked/played with this software? Can it be used for good
> things like remote admin of a Windoze machine via a linux box?
> 
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