[23668] in bugtraq
RE: XP automatic recognition of Nokia as NIC?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Des Gibbons)
Mon Dec 31 18:53:04 2001
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From: "Des Gibbons" <Des@fastcarz.com>
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Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 22:41:31 -0000
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> For what it's worth, I have also used my palm pilot to dial out via that
> same modem, again with no problems from the phone. SO it fyou want to
> think of it as a vulnerability, it's not one of Windows, but rather one of
> the cell phone.
>
And not all cell phones, for most Nokias you have to activate (from the
keypad) the IR on a per use basis. A siemens S25 can be configured to have
IR available permanently, but that is not the default.
DesG
