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Old 13-04-2011, 20:27   #11
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Re: No Internet Access and VM can't help :-(

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Originally Posted by Mick Fisher View Post
Even with the superdud's spi firewall off you still sit behind NAT. So long as you are not worried about outbound security you are quite safe.
You shouldn't assume this. In particular, as VM don't support IPv6, your desktop will try to connect to IPv6 sites via a Teredo tunnel, which will be completely open to the Internet without a software firewall.
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