Re: Dlink.com.sg intrusion with worm??

mak <mak@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Sebastian Gottschalk wrote:
mak wrote:

what you should worry about: that there is no firewall _infront_of_ your pc,

Why? It's a home computer, it doesn't need any firewall or host-based
packet filter.

What I cannot figure out is how an external IP can attack a 192.168.x.x
number. The latter is unroutable and there is no way it could get from any
external site to that computer. Ie, this attack MUST be internal.
.

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