Re: Handspring Visor Network HotSync Security Hole

[chris () IMPROBABLE ORG (Chris Adams)]

On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 14:19:24 -0500, Jim Frost wrote:

> > If you have Network HotSync (provided on the CD that comes with your Visor) enabled on your machine, and a malicious 
> > user knows your name (ex. John Smith), and the ip of your machine (ex.
192.168.22.22, or jsmith.company.com), he can change the name on his Visor to yours, do a Network hotsync with your ip, 
and download all of your email, send email as you, and perform any function
that you can.
> I'd think this would be true of the Palm too, since the software is
> effectively the same.

The only difference I've seen is the USB driver support and the fact that it creates its icons in a folder called 
"Handspring Desktop". Everything else (executable icon, splash screen, etc.) says
Palm Computing or 3Com.