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> It is an additional rule in the router's firewall what temporarily avoids it. I really don't understand the fearmongering. Your home router likely runs some
by dns_snek 4y ago
> It is an additional rule in the router's firewall what temporarily avoids it.
I really don't understand the fearmongering. Your home router likely runs some flavor of Linux which uses Netfilter/iptables to perform both NAT and filtering. Do you believe that the filtering/firewall modules are inherently flawed, yet the NAT modules are infallible?
I see them as two sides of the same coin. If we're theorizing about a magic packet that not only removes your firewall rules, but also flips the default policy to ACCEPT, the very same packet could also sneak in a few NAT rules into your IPv4-only router.