On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 08:19:51AM -0700, Michaelwagner wrote: > CosyCat;134992 Wrote: > > So you and other can?t control/listen my SS. > > Where is your SS located?
on a network and that's where the problem begins... > If, the way most people use it, it's behind a router, and not exposed > to the internet, this step is unnecessary. routers do nothing but forward packets. some include firewalls to provide policy for dropping or accepting packets. nat/rfc1918 space is not a silver bullet. if you have wireless, your router/firewall/natdevice does nothing to nosy neighbors. > There are a few cases where it is necessary - I'm not saying it's never > needed - I just wanted to be sure you really need to do this. Sometimes > people think this is a good idea on general principals, and cause > themselves extra grief for nothing. security is always a good idea on general principals. ounce of prevention and all of that. -- bill _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
