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Re: Unsecure Ftpd on HP PSC 2510 Printer



A write-only ftp server doesn't seem like a good place to do that since you can't get them back out...

(nice try, though...)

KF_lists wrote:

Nothing like someone using the memory on your printer to stash a few files...

http://www.phenoelit.de/hp/docu.html
-KF

Lawrence MacIntyre wrote:

So why is this insecure?  Why is this different from port 631 (ipp) or
port 515 (lpd)?  It's a printer.  You give it a file, it prints it.  The
port or protocol it uses is immaterial...

On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 15:26 -0600, Justin Rush wrote:

Product Name: HP PSC 2510
Summary: Ftp print service is not configurable

    This printer comes with an ftp daemon which allows anonymous
access, and drops the user into a write only directory.  By default
anyone from anywhere can drop a file into this directory and the
printer will print the document.  There is no documentation about
this feature, nor is there anyway to change (enable/disable) it
via any of their software or on the printer itself.  HP Tech.
support says that if you don't want this feature then you should
hook up the printer as a local printer, however this printer
comes with both wireless and wired connectors on the back.

Justin Rush
jrush@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx