I covered that. I said it's a harder problem to write a virus that attacks a generic router. Zone alarm is easier since you already control the box you are on. The whole idea here is to set the just a little bit higher than the next guy.

I didn't say it couldn't be done just zone alarm is on the box, easier to disable.

An early internet worm was compiled against the socks interface (I as I recall) so it could get backout though a filter.

As for quality, yes some are preaty bad. I had a bad experance with Linksys (I won't buy there gear anymore.) But in general I've been happy with the current generation of Netgear.

johno

miah wrote:

Unless the external hardware is vulnerable to attack. Which some is, and the quality is seriously lacking on some router hardware. What about a virus that infects your computer, then attacks your router, changes its configuration to allow incoming connections.. I'm sure it will happen.


-miah



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