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Anonymouse · 31-07-2007, 15:29

The last time I checked, the site reckoned my PC was invisible on the Internet - unsurprising, as I've been using a router for a while. NAT is a very handy thing for security.

And that was a Linksys router which didn't have its own firewall. I now have a wireless US Robotics router, which does have a firewall, so unless I get careless - using IE, for example

- I should have nothing to worry about.

To the best of my knowledge, there's no way past a hardware firewall short of physical access...in which case the would-be hacker will have bigger problems than hacking my computer, as I''ll be busy hacking into him!

Hands off our forum, you filthy scrotes!!!

31-07-2007, 15:29	#12
Anonymouse RIP Tigger - 12 years?! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bolton Age: 59 Services: EE Superfast Broadband Posts: 1,566	Re: Testing your firewall security The last time I checked, the site reckoned my PC was invisible on the Internet - unsurprising, as I've been using a router for a while. NAT is a very handy thing for security. And that was a Linksys router which didn't have its own firewall. I now have a wireless US Robotics router, which does have a firewall, so unless I get careless - using IE, for example - I should have nothing to worry about. To the best of my knowledge, there's no way past a hardware firewall short of physical access...in which case the would-be hacker will have bigger problems than hacking my computer, as I''ll be busy hacking into him! Hands off our forum, you filthy scrotes!!! __________________ "People tend to confuse the words 'new' and 'improved'." - Agent Phil Coulson, S.H.I.E.L.D. WINDOWS 11, ANYONE?!