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Old 05-06-2004, 10:49 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally posted by Pragma
Well, it's always a good idea to have a firewall - having the ability to do stateful packet filtering and packet analyzation is much better in terms of securing your computer than simply having it behind NAT.

For example, if there's a security flaw in your router and it gets compromised and set up to forward all ports to your computer - or if you do it yourself to play a game and forget to switch it back - you're unprotected.
Yeah, that is something to considers. As I also mentioned in my advise to make sure PAT is off. But, like you said - anything can happen.
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