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Worm never seen before
"Bart Bailey" wrote in message
... In posted on Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:09:25 -0000, Jason Edwards wrote: Begin Some DSL modems (which use telephone lines) have built in NAT routers but I've yet to come across a cable (which uses a TV cable) modem that does. Efficient Networks SpeedStream 5100 here via POTS, but I don't know if it qualifies as a contained NAT or not. A quick Google suggests it doesn't but I have not read the manual in detail so it is possible I missed one or more of its capabilities. I've heard much talk of the necessity of a stand alone router, laced with exhagerated comments about the insecurity of an onboard software firewall, yet I've never been able to find anyone that could successfully demonstrate this insecurity. Try setting up unpatched RTM Windows 2000 or Windows XP and see what happens. When I last tried it for demonstration reasons it took less than 1 minute for a worm to spread to the demonstration PC. The PC was then disconnected and reformatted. In fact one blowhard once claimed to be able to "own" any 9x system on the net, but was predictably unable to back up his spew. Yeah well I can understand that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between spew and facts. If there exists some sploit for my setup, I'd sure like to know about it. If you are fully patched (have all critical or high priority Windows updates) then if I were you I would not worry. ...and no, not something I have to authorize, like a tooleaky tool, but a real "stranger on the net" attack. Attacks by real people are rare as far as the average home user is concerned. Most 'attacks' come from other compromised Windows PCs. There are exceptions; such as if you're running unpatched IIS, but you're not doing that, are you? Jason System he OS: Win98SE FW: EZ Firewall v4.5.585 Current IP#: 68.124.218.29 good luck -- Bart |
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