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To: proxy_user
Do not run any network services, and do not allow your router to forward to any ports.

Would you please translate the above? Thanks.

23 posted on 01/14/2007 9:44:48 PM PST by madison10
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To: madison10
>> Do not run any network services, and do not allow your router to forward to any ports.

> Would you please translate the above? Thanks.

Very simplistically:

"Do not run any network services" means do not allow your computer to respond to the outside world (i.e. internet).

"Do not allow your router to forward to any ports" means to use your router's firewall to block devices on the internet from attempting to solicit responses from your computer.

These two axioms work hand in hand. The first is saying "Don't answer the door", and the second one is saying "Lock the door, don't let anyone in". Between the two, it's very good protection.

30 posted on 01/14/2007 10:16:21 PM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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