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Testy McTester
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Posted - 2007.05.13 17:01:00 -
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Does anyone know a program that will enable you to shut your PC down via an SMS message?
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Pwn4ge P4nts
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2007.05.13 17:49:00 -
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If so I want it. SMS terrorism 4tw! "5Ç now or ur unsaved wohrk is doomd!"
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Frezik
Celtic Anarchy
Anarchy Empire
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Posted - 2007.05.13 20:22:00 -
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I suppose one could use an SMS->email gateway, have the computer regularly check the email, and run commands out of it. I don't know of any program like that now, but someone with the know-how could probably whip one up in an afternoon.
Yes, someone using it to take over your computer would be a concern. SMS only supports 160 characters, and it's hard to get a reasonably secure authentication system in that space.
SMS is also not time sensitive, so there's no guarantee that your computer will shut down right now instead of next week. I suppose you could use some kind of time stamp to ensure that only recently-sent messages would be processed, but again you'd be running against the 160 character limit.
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Wild Rho
Amarr
GoonFleet
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Posted - 2007.05.13 20:38:00 -
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You could text someone and ask them to turn off your PC I suppose. Not that technical but meh.
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mamolian
Vortex.
Maelstrom Alliance
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Posted - 2007.05.14 02:43:00 -
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 Originally by: Wild Rho
You could text someone and ask them to turn off your PC I suppose. Not that technical but meh.
Reminds me of that story about the americans spending millions to invent a ballpoint that works in space.. and the russians using pencils.. 
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Alvar Ursidae
Amarr
Agony Unleashed
Agony Empire
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Posted - 2007.05.14 02:52:00 -
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in theory it WOULD be possible, but not easy to do.
The major factors would be to allow RPC on the remote PC to accept the command from another server parsing SMSs as they come in.
The SMS would need most likely to be forwarded to an email address. The admin on the network checks the email for commands, of a specific nature, and inputs them. It would not be easy or practical, when there are so many other ways.
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Illegal Alien
Gallente
Maximum Damage
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Posted - 2007.05.14 03:20:00 -
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Just get a phone that has a terminal services client, connect to your pc and shut it down yourself.
But you'll need xp pro at least
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