RE: Online Games Consoles and Security Implications

[Greg Blake <gvblake () houston rr com>]

Quick question, we just allowed our son to start online gaming with his 
X-Box. 
My wife is using a XP laptop through our home hardwire VPN and noticed a 
problem on her system in that Outlook has something running in 
background and won't allow for any type of shutdown.   My 98win old AMD 
system on the same VPN is not experiencing any problems.

What has been found out about allowing these systems to connect directly 
to home networks?  Are we vunerable?

Thanks,
Greg