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Re: Dumb question: Is Windows box behind a router safe ?
From: Chris <r0ck () operamail com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:20:07 -0600
Seriously? This is some home user who has nary a clue about how to use Automatic Updates...and you want to teach him
about egress filtering?
I'd rather hear about n3td3v or whatever the fuck his name is.
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From: "john s" <rwnin.security () gmail com>
To: "G. D. Fuego" <gdfuego () gmail com>
Cc: "full-disclosure () lists grok org uk" <full-disclosure () lists grok org uk>
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Dumb question: Is Windows box behind a router safe ?
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:15:20 -0500
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 4:09 PM, G. D. Fuego <gdfuego () gmail com> wrote:
On Sep 22, 2009, at 3:18 PM, john s <rwnin.security () gmail com> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:01 PM, G. D. Fuego <gdfuego () gmail com> wrote:
On Sep 22, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Steven Anders <anderstev () gmail com> wrote:
I have always thought that having a computer behind the router
(since router has firewall) is generally safe, but I would love to
hear insights or thoughts.
Nope. A firewall should protect you against inbound connection
attempts only.
A well configured firewall segregates and monitors ingress and egress
traffic on a network segment. Controlling outbound connectivity
doesn't stop internal host app-level exploitation, but it can mitigate
post-exploit damages and can also possibly provide an alert to the
compromise...
How many home users do you know with egress filtering enabled?
Is this a security mailing list? ;)
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