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Re:To prevent hacking, disable Universal Plug and Play now by Nursie on Wednesday January 30, 2013 @05:31AM (#5138863)
I was always suspicious of UPnP on routers anyway - why allow a compromised device on the inside to just open up whatever ports it feels like?
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Re:To prevent hacking, disable Universal Plug and Play now by Hello71 on Wednesday January 30, 2013 @11:35AM (#5140229)
Because if you allow anything outbound and anything inside the LAN then you're screwed anyways (reverse TCP console).
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