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On 8/4/05, Thomas Sprinzing <thomas at sprinzing dot org> wrote: > > is there any interest, idea, plan to implement port triggering in m0n0wall? > the technical name for such a thing is uPNP. I've explained why it's worthless and dangerous on the pfsense list in the following thread, so I won't repeat myself here. http://www.mail-archive.com/support%40pfsense.com/msg00125.html One reply: http://www.mail-archive.com/support%40pfsense.com/msg00127.html One comment on that reply, I'd say it's a huge risk in any environment, not just corporate. Think worms, viruses, trojans, and other malware that could open a port in your firewall so outside attackers could talk directly to whatever junk is on your machine(s). -Chris |