Re: NAT is not a mechanism for securing a network.. but.. HELP!

From: Volker Birk (bumens_at_dingens.org)
Date: 08/24/05 

Date: 24 Aug 2005 15:50:46 +0200

CyberDroog <CyberDroog@clockworkorange.com> wrote:
> However, you
> have to ask yourself what ports could a hacker find open?

Spoofed DNS datagrams are an interesting thing, for example.

Yours,
VB. 

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