Re: DMZ option on router

From: Kenotic (kswain_at_gmail.com)
Date: 05/12/05

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    GreenSpade wrote:
    > Hello, I was wondering if enabling the DMZ option on my router is really so
    > dangerous? Will people start trying to hack my computer immediately if I
    > turn it on? It's a Siemens 2614 and it's frigging hard to configure ports
    > for hosting. so it would help. Thanks
    >
    >

    Enabling the DMZ option on the router will remove all firewall
    protection. All traffic not handled by anouther rule will be passed to
    the machine. This could lead to exploits. Just wondering, why would you
    want to do that anyway? Maybe if you give an example I can help you out.

    --Kenotic

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