Remember those unwanted faxes - now it's your printer

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Arthur Entlich

This is something probably not yet a common occurrence, but it could
become one, according to several people looking at security problems
within web browsers.

If you'd like to know more about it...

http://www.pcworld.ca/news/column/05cdc0850a0104080034c0bd4b7ca82f/pg0.htm

Coming Soon: Spam on Your Printer From the Web

Aaron Weaver has made a discovery the world could probably do without:
He's found a way to spam your printer from the Web. By using a
little-known capability found in most Web browsers, Web pages can launch
a print job on just about any printer on a victim's network.


Art
 
Arthur said:
This is something probably not yet a common occurrence, but it could
become one, according to several people looking at security problems
within web browsers.

If you'd like to know more about it...

http://www.pcworld.ca/news/column/05cdc0850a0104080034c0bd4b7ca82f/pg0.htm

Coming Soon: Spam on Your Printer From the Web

Aaron Weaver has made a discovery the world could probably do without:
He's found a way to spam your printer from the Web. By using a
little-known capability found in most Web browsers, Web pages can launch
a print job on just about any printer on a victim's network.


Art
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That could be tricky as my HP powers up on demand. The only way to
completely disable it is to physically disconnect. Normally I only load
paper for a print job, so that should stop it.
 
At 08:50:43 on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 Peter opined:-
That could be tricky as my HP powers up on demand. The only way to
completely disable it is to physically disconnect. Normally I only load
paper for a print job, so that should stop it.
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But fortunately it is said to only affect network printers, not printers
connected directly to a computer.
 
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