Antti-Pekka Virjonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At 07:46 13.8.2003 -0400, you wrote: >>Yep, the worn installs itself directly through Port 135 - you don't have >>to have any software at all running. If you have a real firewall (a >>hardware firewall, *not* one of those software "firewalls") you're >>generally safe. Most routers that do NAT seem to do the trick. > >Good software firewalls (not some ancient versions) work ok as well.
Today's software firewall will be defeated by tomorrow's worm/virus (and "today" and "tomorrow" can often be taken literally in this context). A NAT box can be had for $50 US these days. BTW: It seems that many systems behind firewalls were hit when someone got their laptop infected at home and then brought it in to work and connected it to the network there. My S.O.'s university was probably infected this way, I expect. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
