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Are you implying that WCry magically gets through firewalls? Last I read, that was not the case. So unless you're plugging in your brand new, unpatched machine
by slau 9y ago
Are you implying that WCry magically gets through firewalls? Last I read, that was not the case. So unless you're plugging in your brand new, unpatched machine into the public internet, without any router/firewall in between, you should be quite safe, no?
- Kenji 9y agoThat's also how I understood it. Your NAT usually blocks incoming connections by default - it does not know which computer in the network behind it was meant to be the receiver anyway. If you direct your NAT to send all incoming connections to one PC, then this PC is vulnerable.
- 0x0 9y agoOr if you have other computers on your LAN. Like in a school or at a workplace.
- CydeWeys 9y agoIf you're at a large organization though, there's plenty of other computers behind the firewall with you, including possibly some compromised ones.