PolarBear
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1 edit | Router has nothing to do with it
If I read that correctly, it doesn't state that you actually HAVE to be using ICS, just that the service has to be running.
Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing Service is set to run automatically in all versions of XP, so even if you aren't using ICS, it is still there, running in the background (like way too many unnecessary Windows services), leaving your box compromised.
In this sense, not only do you not have to be "saavy" enough to use ICS, you don't even have to know what it is. It's still there, whether you know it or not.
Nevermind, I reread it, and I was completely wrong. Damn, first time in 2006. So who the hell uses ICS anyway? LOL
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