Are WiFi Digicams a Security Vulnerability?
Informit, a site devoted to information technology, recently published “Wireless Gadget Vulnerabilities: The Nikon Coolpix P1,” a report (http://www.informit.com/guides/content.asp?g=security&seqNum=211&rl=1) detailing the wireless vulnerabilities of the Nikon Coolpix P1 when communicating with a host computer. The report did not address connections from the digicam to a printer or router. After detailing the communication sequence between the two devices, the report describes the Multicast Dynamic Naming Service protocol (http://www.multicastdns.org) used to manage the connection. iTunes uses mDNS for its Shared Lists and the Xbox 360 also uses them to connect to systems running Windows Media Connect service, informit said. But the protocol transmits packets of information in uncoded plaintext with no built-in authentication measures. That prompted informit to monitor and duplicate a picture transfer session using a Linux machine to play the role of the digicam. They were able to crea
