Re: Probes on Port 135 and 445 continue

From: Barry Margolin (barmar_at_alum.mit.edu)
Date: 10/11/04

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    In article <1ACad.443$gy1.68@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
     xmp <xmp@example.com> wrote:

    > Leythos wrote:
    >
    > > As I've said many times before, if the "Default" was NAT, and you could
    > > get "Public" just by asking, it would solve a LOT of problems. So, you
    > > could still have your unfiltered traffic if you know enough to ask for
    > > it, but for the lemmings out there, we would all be better off as would
    > > they.
    > >
    >
    > Wouldn't this mess up even simple applications like (active) FTP and AIM
    > DC transfers? The router or firewall would have to be smart enough to
    > be application aware. I'm assuming you are saying it's an ISP owned
    > router somewhere, rather than a consumer router in the residence.

    Of course the NAT would have to be smart, just like the NAT on most
    broadband routers and firewalls is. 

    -- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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