From: /m 

On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 08:14:49 -0400, Mike N.  wrote:

>On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 15:57:19 -0400, "Geo"
 wrote:
>
>>You would think that since MS provides a patch for NT4 to anyone willing to
>>pay, that in the interests of keeping the internet safe they would make this
>>one patch public... seems money is more important than security over at MS..
>
>  I'm just amazed at the number of vulnerable configurations.   There is no
>excuse not to block ports 139 and 445 for dialup customers.  (As if anyone
>on dialup needed a 'pure internet' connection)   And is there any cable or
>DSL company that doesn't have at least a NAT firewall in front of the
>computer?

My old DSL provider had no NAT.  The DSL modem was in bridge mode.

 /m

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