Re: Video Camera through Linksys Router

From: Melinda Shore (shore@panix.com)
Date: 11/14/02 

From: shore@panix.com (Melinda Shore)
Date: 14 Nov 2002 14:07:12 -0500

In article <gdq7tuc6unkaqqgghvr3vp3lav9avr2m5e@4ax.com>,
Eye of the Storm <noemail@noemail.net> wrote:
>On 14 Nov 2002 10:23:38 -0500, shore@panix.com (Melinda Shore) wrote:
>>In article <jif7tu06amo8ukj7d4c8vtjsmfgsg7atqc@4ax.com>,
>>Eye of the Storm <noemail@noemail.net> wrote:
>>>Newer software, NetMeeting in particular, was supposed to be updated
>>>to use UPnP which some routers support.
>>If you're going to use UPnP you might as well throw your
>>firewall away - the protocol is used to open pinholes on
>>a firewall and install NAT table mappings as needed, but the
>>protocol is not secured. Put a sniffer on it to see for
>>yourself.
>Routers and firewalls are not the same thing.

No kidding. NATs and routers aren't the same thing, either,
but they're sold that way and it's become the convention to
refer to NATs as routers. Be that as it may, if you're
using a NAT to perform one function of a firewall (limiting
incoming traffic at your network edge), you probably don't
want to use an unsecured protocol to open firewall pinholes
and install NAT state. 

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     Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - shore@panix.com
          If you send me harassing email, I'll probably post it

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