Re: Need firewall protection, -- PCTECH

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Dan Bale wrote:

I thought Sasser showed the fallacy that one is safe as long as you behave
safely.  Sasser showed that one only had to have Windows running and the
broadband on to be infected.  Rhetorically asking, in my default
configuration for the router, is the port that Sasser used to enter the
system open or closed?


Unless you open them, all ports on a NATing router are closed.

A router facilitates outbound communications ... not inbound. Inbound connections are deliberately hard to setup.

Remember ... a NATing router is designed to allow computers on a private network to access the public internet. Your computers are not actually on the internet at all. There is ZERO risk from outside attack when you are behind a router. The only system that is exposed to the public internet is the router itself.

FWIW: Even when someone only has a single computer in their house, I still recommend they buy a router so they don't have to take extra steps to protect their computer.

david

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