Re: uPnP ... MSN Messenger

From: Tx2 (tx2newscollection_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/28/04 

Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:43:05 +0100

In article <jg11o05n580v0t4nrpl491d7bb3e4aav3p@4ax.com>,
chris@nospam.com, a.k.a says...

 
> Essentially, the Windows uPNP service is taking control of your DSL
> router and punching holes in the firewall configuration as it deems
> necessary. Personally I don't trust Windows that much and would
> manually configure it as needed. I'd probably also disable the uPNP
> support on the router.

Not so easy with MSN Messenger, at least, not that i can see. There
seems to be no definitive port guide as to which should be opened,
indeed, those i've tried have still resulted in no audio. i think i even
tried DMZ once ....!

> It just aint a good idea letting the clients arbitrarily reconfigure
> the firewall. That defeats the purpose of a seperate firewall dontcha
> think? Pretty soon, some spyware or virus is going to figure out how
> to use uPNP. There have already been a few security issues with the
> protocol.

Hopefully, in running with a separate software firewall, such instances
will be avoided as the firewall will only let through authorised
programs ...... [looks upward for some reassurance]

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