Public printer access
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I was just browsing through my old posts on this fine site and then I found this one: http://forums.thedailywtf.com/forums/p/8715/165212.aspx#165212
Wondering if the link to this printer still worked, I followed it, and to my horror, the printer was still fully accessible (after 4 YEARS !!)
Then I showed it to a colleague of mine and he started fiddling with it and 'accidentally' switched off the IPv4 connection and now the printer isn't at all accessible anymore... Oops!
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Let me know when he fixes it. I missed out on the first round of shenanigans.
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So, your colleague is TRWTF?
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"I'm the poop here" was still in the Belkin page source when I checked a few months ago, although it seems they've finally removed it.
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Actually TRWTF is that this printer was still accessible from the interwebs after 4 YEARS.
My colleague did them actually a favor by taking it down :-)
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I remember back when people ran Windows 9x, things have gotten tighter with XP and the advent of broadband and NAT routers have closed it down. Printers shared in Windows default to allowing anyone and everyone who can connect to print.
Sometimes when bored I would dial up (I was still on dialup back then) scan random ranges of IP's for windows machine with shared printers, then print things like; Black pages, pr0n, stupid error messages "Your printer can not currently print, please remove and re-insert paper.", "Replace mahogany cartridge."
These days I just track down unsecured jetdirects at my previous employer and print QR codes which Rick Roll anyone who scans them.
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@EncoreSpod said:
These days I just track down unsecured jetdirects at my previous employer and print QR codes which Rick Roll anyone who scans them.
Change the Ready message to something like "Oil level low" for extra fun.
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@ender said:
@EncoreSpod said:
These days I just track down unsecured jetdirects at my previous employer and print QR codes which Rick Roll anyone who scans them.
Change the Ready message to something like "Oil level low" for extra fun.At my last job we had a printer that cycled between "MY NAME IS FLUFFY", "BEEF CARTRIDGE LOW", and "I WISH I WAS A SHREDDER"
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I was fond of, "INSERT COINS"
