On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Srikrishnan Chitoor wrote:
> Forgive me if this is a naive question.
A question *not* asked is a dumb question. If in doubt, ask! ;-)
> I have a computer directly (no firewall) connected to Internet and which
> has an IP address of 192.168.1.100.
>
> Is this computer more secure than a computer that has a valid Internet IP
> address (like 207.209.79.204) and is behind a firewall?
*Technically* 192.168.1.100 is a non-routable address on the Internet.
Hence no-one should be able to reach the machine from the outside.
But this means absolutely nothing. Today's crackers know a trick or two to
get around such "limitations". IP spoofing comes to mind. You can safely
assume that you are vulnerable.
But I am not the security expert here, just a guy with an opinion and a
strong belief in the abilities of someone who tries hard enough.
Hence Raju - take it from here.... ;-)
Atul
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