Guest Spin Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Gurus, Our network security guy scanned our network with a vulnerability scanner and stated that our HP Plotter has security vulnerabilities, namely, SNMP and anonymous FTP were enabled. Can someone give me a good reason why a network printer could be a security hole? I just can't wrap my head around that. -- Spin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Abell [MVP] Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Security is a relative thing. I think he is saying that someone can impact the HP Plotter due to these, whereas you seem to be thinking he is saying your network infrastructure is at risk due to weaknesses on a printer. "Spin" <Spin@spin.com> wrote in message news:640gouF29mjvjU1@mid.individual.net...<span style="color:blue"> > Gurus, > > Our network security guy scanned our network with a vulnerability scanner > and stated that our HP Plotter has security vulnerabilities, namely, SNMP > and anonymous FTP were enabled. Can someone give me a good reason why a > network printer could be a security hole? I just can't wrap my head > around that. > > -- > Spin </span> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jason Ede Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Spin wrote:<span style="color:blue"> > Gurus, > > Our network security guy scanned our network with a vulnerability > scanner and stated that our HP Plotter has security vulnerabilities, > namely, SNMP and anonymous FTP were enabled. Can someone give me a good > reason why a network printer could be a security hole? I just can't > wrap my head around that. > </span> You can turn off ftp and snmp on the printers web interface if you're worried... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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