On Tue, 16 Sep 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:49:36 +0200 (CEST), Vaeth wrote: > > > It is always better to have a port not open than to rely on a router > > to "close" it apparently. > > If you are using NAT on the router, you have to explicitly forward that > port somewhere for it to work. [...]
Except that this is not completely true: See some of the many articles in the net which explain why NAT is not a security feature. A quick google search gave e.g. http://www.nexusuk.org/articles/2005/03/12/nat_security/
