[rescue] Printing to the 'net

[Derrick Daugherty]

It's rumored that around Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 02:26:30PM -0400
s at avoidant.org wrote:
> Thanks to all for the comments on printing to my publicly available
> printer. I'll consider sticking a router with ACLs in front of it when I
> get back to the office after next week. For now it'll have to sit as-is. 

umm..there's really no harm at all.  People *are* probing for 515, but
not for hp printers.  You're printer would not be very interesting to
someone looking for mischief.

However, I was bored a few years ago and picked apart the HP message
coding so I could change the LCD display when people were at the
printer.  No fun unless you get to see their reaction.

> I was fooled by the easy setup of said printer under linux into thinking
> I was missing something with Solaris. I never was able to get the
> software from HP as my netfeed's still bent (not broken), but when I do,
> I'll try it.

see my last post, it's even easier than linux
-derrick