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Article #1080Re: ISPs can easily decrease net abuse
From: Melinda Shore
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 20:21
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 20:21
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In article <bqlfbv$7do$1@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>,
Walter Roberson <roberson@ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca> wrote:
>the more secure forms of NAT.
The world would be a somewhat better place if the phrase
"more secure forms of NAT" were never to appear again.
>For the technical reasons I went into before, it might slow down
>viruses/worms, but not by nearly as much as one might hope.
People who use NATs to protect themselves against viruses
and worms deserve what they get. If you want a firewall,
run a firewall.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - shore@panix.com
Bad taste is better than no taste -- Arnold Bennett
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