Re: Just want to keep the crap out!!

DigitalVinyl wrote:
> Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <usenet-2006@planetcobalt.net> wrote:
>> DigitalVinyl wrote:
>>> Here we go... this is not a NAT attack... they are not attacking the
>>> NAT capability.
>>
>> I didn't say they were. It's an attack against which NAT - even if it
>> were implemented perfectly - won't protect. Period. Sometimes it's
>> easier to go around the wall than straight through it.
>
> uhmmm... downloading a virus and lettign it format your hard drive is
> an attack which NAT and firewalls would not stop. You can't stop a
> user from downloading something bad for them if they want to.
>
> What's your point?

On most browsers Java is enabled, so this is a passive but nonetheless
inbound attack vector.

cu
59cobalt

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