LorneinCanada
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Maybe this topic has been beat to death. But I'm new here and haven't noticed any recent threads. I'm really not fluent in the whole world of LANS and WANs. In this modern world our devices pretty much do it all automatically.
If I'm using an old set up and I hook it to a local LAN to share files, printer etc. But don't attempt to access the net directly. Am I putting my modern PC's and security at risk? ie is the old OS a portal to attack the new devices in the home.
If the answer is no. What are the bad things that can happen to the old PC accessing the web. Loss of the HD? Can my bios be attacked and ruin my CPU?
And to better define my activities. Say I want to directly interact with a second party. Say for example I or they have a BBS server. From my uneducated view my threats are limited to those PC's I'm interacting with. Or is this wrong.
Is there any safety in connection speed. Or lack there of. For example say I figure out how to hook a 56k dial up modem to my modern fiber modem... router... whatever it is and to another vintage PC enthusiast who is doing the same. Does this slow weak data transfer speed offer me any safety margin?
Are there going to be many hackers or malicious third parties out there that would be actively hunting for old PC's/OS's to interfere with me?
I guess last for today. I'm a HAM and am just scratching the surface of digital modes. I am at the moment just dabbling with MMSSTV. But I see more advanced HAMs linking there transceivers to over the air BBS chat groups. And even accessing the net on a very basic scale. Email transfer for example. Is there any real threat of malicious behaviour under these operations?
If I'm using an old set up and I hook it to a local LAN to share files, printer etc. But don't attempt to access the net directly. Am I putting my modern PC's and security at risk? ie is the old OS a portal to attack the new devices in the home.
If the answer is no. What are the bad things that can happen to the old PC accessing the web. Loss of the HD? Can my bios be attacked and ruin my CPU?
And to better define my activities. Say I want to directly interact with a second party. Say for example I or they have a BBS server. From my uneducated view my threats are limited to those PC's I'm interacting with. Or is this wrong.
Is there any safety in connection speed. Or lack there of. For example say I figure out how to hook a 56k dial up modem to my modern fiber modem... router... whatever it is and to another vintage PC enthusiast who is doing the same. Does this slow weak data transfer speed offer me any safety margin?
Are there going to be many hackers or malicious third parties out there that would be actively hunting for old PC's/OS's to interfere with me?
I guess last for today. I'm a HAM and am just scratching the surface of digital modes. I am at the moment just dabbling with MMSSTV. But I see more advanced HAMs linking there transceivers to over the air BBS chat groups. And even accessing the net on a very basic scale. Email transfer for example. Is there any real threat of malicious behaviour under these operations?