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Sure, but it's still handy that consumer routers with no extra config protect the smart washing machines connected to them from drive-by unpatched remote exploi
by intergalplan 5y ago
Sure, but it's still handy that consumer routers with no extra config protect the smart washing machines connected to them from drive-by unpatched remote exploits, just by having NAT on by default.
- Jonnax 5y agoI'm not sure I understand what you mean here. Let's say you had two routers. 1 with NAT and 1 without. They both will have a firewall that by default blocks incoming traffic. So they are functionally equivalent.
- intergalplan 5y agoCould be true, these days. Didn't used to always be, at least on consumer hardware, though I've not seen a non-NATing Internet-connected consumer network in most of two decades.