Re: Probes on Port 135 and 445 continue

From: Barry Margolin (barmar_at_alum.mit.edu)
Date: 10/13/04

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    Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:24:24 -0400

    In article <MPG.1bd5eb7cf0bb7d03989848@news-server.columbus.rr.com>,
     Leythos <void@nowhere.org> wrote:

    > In article <ckgvdm$24j$1@news.mdx.ac.uk>, david20@alpha2.mdx.ac.uk
    > says...
    > > "
    > > NAT is NOT a security solution.
    > > Firewalls are security solutions.
    > > "
    >
    > I express this same thing when I hear people stating they own a firewall
    > when all they own is a NAT device.

    What devices are you talking about? Most home broadband routers include
    basic firewall functionality. No, it's not as powerful or configurable
    a firewall as a PIX, SGS, or Checkpoint, but neither is it just a packet
    filter or NAT. 

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