Is this illegal?

[spidey07]

yes, it is illegal.

Any access to a computer you don't own or don't have explicit permission to use is a federal offense.

 

[InlineFour]

Originally posted by: michaels

Originally posted by: InlineFour

Originally posted by: michaels
How do you go about scanning and doing this anyway?

With Angry IP. It's quite actually. Just pick a range to scan (x.x.x.1-254 is usually the quickest.) Then pick a port to scan (445) and press scan. 🙂

And that will work on any network, even wireless?

Yes. As long as you're inside that network.

 

[InlineFour]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: mugs
These people have files shared on the network? Why would it be illegal to browse files that are shared on the network? The whole point of sharing files on the network is so other people can get to them.

Mugs,

I guess we're the only ones that like to read the entire OP anymore. 🙁

Unless we're just clueless about h4x0ring and maybe the fact that they have sharing enabled somehow gives him access to unshared files. 😕 I dunno.

I'm h4x0ring right now.

Start > My Computer > My Network Places > View Workgroup Computers > ...

25 computers have Sharing Enabled! I must be a God. Or I must be on a campus network.

That would have been a lot easier. However, I had to type the \\FDN instead.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: axelfox

Originally posted by: AMCRambler

Originally posted by: jagec
Remember the 11th commandment and keep it sacred.

Thou shalt not covet another man's wife right?

No, 11th commandment abolishes slavery 😀

"Don't get caught", n00bs.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: InlineFour
Before I begin, I'm far from a hax0r, so no flames please. 🙂

I noticed that my University offered Office 2003 Professional for free to download for current students. Since I'm not currently living on campus, I use the provided Cisco VPN client to connect to the campus' network. While I waited for the download to finish, I scanned an IP range for alive hosts and aslo scanned for port 445 (Windows file and sharing). The scan completed and I found a couple computers who have file and sharing enabled. :evil: Obviously I can browse on people's PC now. Is this illegal?

What did you use to scan IP ranges?




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[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: RichUK

Originally posted by: michaels
How do you go about scanning and doing this anyway?

Software, you just point it at an IP address.

I did have one ages ago but can't remember the name of the program. Its just an info program.

Yeah...I used to use MP3 Voyeur, or something like that to scan computers connected to my school's network.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: BigJ


File and Printer Sharing is Enabled.

I don't recall though, isn't File and Printer Sharing enabled by default on some Windows OSes?

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: InlineFour
Before I begin, I'm far from a hax0r, so no flames please. 🙂

I noticed that my University offered Office 2003 Professional for free to download for current students. Since I'm not currently living on campus, I use the provided Cisco VPN client to connect to the campus' network. While I waited for the download to finish, I scanned an IP range for alive hosts and aslo scanned for port 445 (Windows file and sharing). The scan completed and I found a couple computers who have file and sharing enabled. :evil: Obviously I can browse on people's PC now. Is this illegal?

What did you use to scan IP ranges?
The OP was banned because of a thread like this?



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[BigJ]

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: InlineFour
Before I begin, I'm far from a hax0r, so no flames please. 🙂

I noticed that my University offered Office 2003 Professional for free to download for current students. Since I'm not currently living on campus, I use the provided Cisco VPN client to connect to the campus' network. While I waited for the download to finish, I scanned an IP range for alive hosts and aslo scanned for port 445 (Windows file and sharing). The scan completed and I found a couple computers who have file and sharing enabled. :evil: Obviously I can browse on people's PC now. Is this illegal?

What did you use to scan IP ranges?




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:roll:

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: InlineFour
Before I begin, I'm far from a hax0r, so no flames please. 🙂

I noticed that my University offered Office 2003 Professional for free to download for current students. Since I'm not currently living on campus, I use the provided Cisco VPN client to connect to the campus' network. While I waited for the download to finish, I scanned an IP range for alive hosts and aslo scanned for port 445 (Windows file and sharing). The scan completed and I found a couple computers who have file and sharing enabled. :evil: Obviously I can browse on people's PC now. Is this illegal?

you can browse thru a computer if they have file and sharing enabled?! even if no folders are being shared?