full-disclosure - Re: Dumb question: Is Windows box behind a router safe ?

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Message-ID: <4ABA26D1.20600@utc.edu>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:46:57 -0400
From: Jeff Kell <jeff-kell@....edu>
To: "full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk" <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Dumb question: Is Windows box behind a router
 safe ?

That's sort of an old-school question :-)  It only prevents classic
infections (slammer, blaster, nachi, etc) or newer equivalents (SMB2 on
Vista).

The more appropriate question would be "Is a Windows box safe with a
user behind it?" since today's threats require that you browse to the
danger, or click an "OK" button first :-)

Jeff

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