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Re: Consumer Grade - IPV6 Enabled Router Firewalls.


From: Mark Newton <newton () internode com au>
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:25:22 +1030


On 11/12/2009, at 11:56 PM, Simon Perreault wrote:

We *know* that if a worm puts up
a popup that says "Enable port 33493 on your firewall for naked pics of.."
that port 33493 will get opened anyhow, so we may as well automate the
process and save everybody the effort.

Not if the victim doesn't have rights on the firewall (e.g. enterprise).

Would you be using "Consumer Grade - IPV6 Enabled Router Firewalls" in the
enterprise?  'cos if you would, I think I might have entered the wrong
thread :)

  - mark

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