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Message-ID: <95a781710909221415k7d8e9af9y11a3de2368686547@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:15:20 -0500 From: john s <rwnin.security@...il.com> To: "G. D. Fuego" <gdfuego@...il.com> Cc: "full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk" <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk> Subject: Re: Dumb question: Is Windows box behind a router safe ? On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 4:09 PM, G. D. Fuego <gdfuego@...il.com> wrote: > > On Sep 22, 2009, at 3:18 PM, john s <rwnin.security@...il.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:01 PM, G. D. Fuego <gdfuego@...il.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Sep 22, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Steven Anders <anderstev@...il.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? ;) _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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