Re:Windows OS Security
by cesarb on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @11:41AM
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> yes - because back then, NAT'ing / putting a machine behind a router wasn't commonplace yet.
Back then, even putting the machine behind a firewall (which is what you really meant, since being a router does not necessarily mean it has a firewall enabled) wouldn't have been enough; it was not that uncommon to already have infected machines on the local network (because they had earlier been connected without being behind a firewall).
Back then, even putting the machine behind a firewall (which is what you really meant, since being a router does not necessarily mean it has a firewall enabled) wouldn't have been enough; it was not that uncommon to already have infected machines on the local network (because they had earlier been connected without being behind a firewall).