Comment No big deal - just install behind a firewall (Score 5, Insightful) 460
I do all my machine builds and initial updates with the box sitting behind a netgear router, fully NATted and with no port forwarding - i.e. the box is invisible to the net. I've merrily built and updated many machines in this way and have never been compromised (and my last step is to virus, spyware, and trojan scan with several of each type of tool).
If you just throw a cheap hardware router/NAT/firewall in front of your box when you build, this isn't really big deal I've found.
If you just throw a cheap hardware router/NAT/firewall in front of your box when you build, this isn't really big deal I've found.
