Re: I am protected?

chris_at_nospam.com
Date: 12/05/04

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    On 4 Dec 2004 19:25:25 -0600, Chuck <none@example.net> wrote:

    >On 4 Dec 2004 03:58:55 GMT, roberson@ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Walter Roberson) wrote:
    >
    >>In article <9i72r0tfb2cjeun36od6g2ud73pirla4kl@4ax.com>,
    >>Chuck <none@example.net> wrote:
    >>:>Of course, your ADSL modem may in fact already be donig NAT for you.
    >>
    >>:Correct. If you have a combined modem / NAT router, then you are protected from
    >>:hostile incoming network traffic.
    >>
    >>
    >>With NAT, you are *partly* protected, with the extent of the protection
    >>depending greatly on the degree to which the device is not just NAT'ing
    >>but also deliberately acting as a firewall.
    >
    >Walter,
    >
    >You are close. I would rephrase slightly:

    Agreed.

    Also, some of these NAT routers support ssdp which I consider to be a
    bad thing. It means the XP clients can reconfig the router. For
    example XP upon discovering such a router tries to punch holes for IM.

    -Chris

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