On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 06:11:41PM -0400, Bill Holland wrote:
> 
> If I have a little $60 Netgear router, and provide no services through it -
> do I have to worry about all this stuff?  Its my understanding that no ports
> are being forwarded, so nothing can get through.  Or am I mistaken?

So long as NO ports are being forwarded, you're mostly okay.  Your
biggest vulnerability is running an executable locally that makes a
connection to the outside world.  Never open an attachment, run only
trusted executables, and sleep well.

        .../Ed

-- 
Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:ewilts@;ewilts.org
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