 Fluker
join:2005-04-07
West Lafayette, IN | A new ultimatum There is no real reason that a desktop machine (and ESPECIALLY A HOME COMPUTER) needs a publicly routable IP address. Use a router with port triggering for your gaming and p2p. as far as servers. Well, alternatives exist.
I actually had never thought of something like this and it makes a lot of sense to me. I'd love to see detection and masking of windows machines by ISP's. Who do you think is being recruited by botnets? Not the 5% of non-MS desktops.
If the modem that is handed out detects a router. Open access is ok because worms cannot wander in.
If a direct connection to a windows managed nic is there. Filtered access is mos def needed. That modem's activity light that blinks even when the PC is off is only asking for trouble and ought to be taken care of.
I'm really surprised that more ISP's don't simply offer routers or even modems that default to some sort of built in NAT. The concept of directly jacking a windows PC into a modem is appalling to me. I enjoy my privacy and exclusion from botnets. |
