Re: Just want to keep the crap out!!

DigitalVinyl wrote:

uhmmm... downloading a virus and lettign it format your hard drive is
an attack which NAT and firewalls would not stop. You can't stop a
user from downloading something bad for them if they want to.

Rethink what Java is.

What's your point?

Client-side triggering.

All the viruses and trojans that hunt the internet for exploits and
victims would be stopped.

No, see above.

Anyone attempting to access you PCs would be stopped.

No, see above.

Anyone doing a DoS would kill the router, not your PCs.

Any DoS would kill your connection, whether there is a router in between
or not.
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