Comment Re:ARERRGHGHGHH! (Score 1) 370
One of the first Linksys home routers would allow unauthenticated admin access with text-only based browsers.
Comment Re:ARERRGHGHGHH! (Score 1) 370
To claim that this means NAT provides NO security is simply ridiculous.
On a technical level, NAT does absolutely nothing to protect you. It simply translates one ip to another. Take a typical SOHO internet router for example, it can use a specified IP for a DMZ. That turns off the filtering rules, (they are what protect you) while NAT is still running.
Comment Re:ARERRGHGHGHH! (Score 1) 370
...The computer behind NAT can't be port probed from external address or act as a proper server, big difference.
Those functions are provided by routing/filtering. NAT by itself does nothing to protect you. An open NAT box will send everything to the designated IP.
Comment Why a Pole? (Score 4, Funny) 199
Would a Russian or Italian be as effective?
Comment Tomato Garden Windows XP? Never heard of it before (Score 2, Funny) 164
I'm going to download this to find out what all this hubub is about.
Anyone have a torrent?
Submission + - Opera unethical whitelisting of Google (fanboy.co.nz)
mdew writes: "Opera whitelist's google from *any* usercss being applied, including ad hiding. Any attempted modification of google through usercss opera will simply ignore which essentially whitelists Google. Every page should be open to usercss regardless, Google pages shouldn't be treated any differently."
Comment There's no escape (Score 1) 188
Now Windows Update can fuck your computer up even if it's turned off.
Comment Re:May I say (Score 0, Redundant) 243
The latency can be killer though.
Comment Right out from under your nose. (Score 4, Funny) 730
They're stealing your IP while you're goofing off on slashdot.
