quietly....
R A Lichtensteiger
rali+nanog at tifosi.com
Fri Feb 4 22:34:43 UTC 2011
david raistrick wrote:
>> Everyone doesn't suddenly get "owned" because there isn't a external
>> firewall. Modern OS's default to secure.
>
> We clearly live and work in different worlds. Not to mention that
> "we" are not the average consumers anymore. We were, in the days
> before NAT (and SPI).
A quick mental review of my relatives indicates more than a few of
them with a PC jacked into a cable modem. The only firewall is the
one that comes with Windows.
Sure, pretty much every company and +some+ residential service has a
firewall fo some sort in place, but they aren't the automatic default
that you are assuming. As you say, "live and work in different
worlds."
Reto
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